European Banking Authority final report amending Implementing Technical Standards on supervisory disclosure under CRD IV, updating requirements for competent authorities' reporting on prudential regulation, options and discretions, SREP methodologies, and statistical data to reflect changes like LCR Delegated Act, SREP guidelines, and SSM establishment.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft amended Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which specify the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the supervisory information to be disclosed by competent authorities. The amended draft ITS incorporate the changes to the EU legal framework and the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). The amendments introduced in the final draft ITS will enhance transparency, ensure consistency between the templates and instructions and will contribute to reducing the level of different interpretation between reporting.
European Banking Authority (EBA) Q&A on its FinTech Roadmap – clarifies priorities, regulatory approach, and initiatives for 2018/2019, including innovation monitoring, consumer protection, virtual currencies, and cross-border supervisory cooperation under the EU FinTech Action Plan.
European Banking Authority (EBA) FinTech Roadmap outlines priorities and actions following a 2017 consultation, focusing on regulatory sandboxes, prudential risks, consumer protection, AML/CFT, and technological neutrality to foster innovation in EU financial services.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a FinTech Roadmap setting out its priorities for 2018/2019. The Roadmap also sets out the establishment of a FinTech Knowledge Hub to enhance knowledge sharing and foster technological neutrality in regulatory and supervisory approaches.
EBA Opinion on measures in accordance with Article 458 (EBA-Op-2018-02)
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion following the notification by the French High Council for Financial Stability (HCSF) of its intention to tighten the large-exposure limits applicable to large and highly indebted non-financial corporations (NFCs) resident in France or groups of connected NFCs assessed to be highly indebted and based in France. Based on the evidence submitted, the EBA does not object to the adoption of the proposed measure, which the HCSF intends to apply only to global or other systemically important institutions (G-SIIs and O-SIIs) with the aim of accounting for changes in the intensity of macroprudential/systemic risk that could pose a threat to financial stability in France.
EBA Opinion on measures in accordance with Article 458 (EBA-Op-2018-01)
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion following the notification by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) of its intention to modify capital requirements in order to address an increase in macroprudential risk. Based on the evidence submitted by the NBB, the EBA does not object to the adoption of the proposed measure, which is based on Article 458 (2) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). This new measure aims at enhancing the resilience of Belgian banks to potential severe downward corrections in residential real estate markets.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion following the notification by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) of its intention to apply stricter liquidity requirements in order to address an increase in macroprudential risk, based on Article 458 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).
EBA Opinion on measures in accordance with Article 458 (EBA-Op-2017-15)
Opinion on OFIs (EBA-Op-2017-13)
Report on OFIs
The European Banking Authority (EBA) rectified today Annex 1 of its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on benchmarking of internal approaches, which had been amended on 4 May 2017 to define the benchmarking portfolios for the 2018 benchmarking exercise.