2026 02 28 PMR Helmut Ettl
European Banking Authority (EBA) public meeting register for February 2026 listing engagements of Vice-Chairperson Helmut Ettl – confirms no meetings or hospitality disclosures for the period.
European Banking Authority (EBA) public meeting register for February 2026 listing engagements of Vice-Chairperson Helmut Ettl – confirms no meetings or hospitality disclosures for the period.
EBA Executive Director François-Louis Michaud’s February 2026 public meeting register detailing engagements at the MFSA Joint Banking Supervision and Resolution Conference on supervisory priorities, proportionality, and burden reduction, plus a meeting with Promontory IBM Consulting on financial industry outlook.
EBA guidelines specifying eligible financial instruments for third-country bank branches to meet capital endowment requirements under Directive 2013/36/EU, ensuring assets are available for resolution or winding-up to protect depositors and creditors, effective January 2027.
EBA and ESMA draft joint guidelines on assessing suitability of management body members and key function holders under CRD IV and MiFID II, covering proportionality, diversity, time commitment, skills, integrity, and ongoing monitoring for banks and investment firms.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Guidelines on instruments for the capital endowment requirement for third-country branches under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). The Guidelines set out the list of instruments that third-country branches may use to meet their capital endowment requirement and specify the minimum operational conditions that ensure these instruments are available when needed. The overall objective is to ensure that the capital endowment assets protect local depositors at the level of the third country branch, or they remain available to pay appropriate claims and satisfy local creditors in the event of resolution or winding-up of the third country branch.
EBA XBRL Filing Rules version 5.8 – technical guidelines for submitting XBRL reports to the EBA, covering syntax, filing indicators, entity identifiers (LEI), multi-currency reporting, and xBRL-CSV rules, effective February 2026.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) will start the central validation of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM) on 1 March 2026. The Decision on arrangements for ISDA SIMM validation, published today sets out the operational framework governing the EBA’s new validation function. This marks a key milestone in the implementation of the EBA’s new role as central validator of pro forma models, aimed at ensuring consistent, robust and transparent supervisory oversight of initial margin models across the EU.
Opinion on the Commission’s amendments to the final draft RTS on equivalent legal mechanism
EBA submits its Opinion to the European Commission on proposed amendments to Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under CRR Article 124(14), addressing equivalent legal mechanisms for residential property completion, including prudential safeguards like risk weight thresholds and legal enforceability requirements.