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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has updated its Guidelines on the equivalence of confidentiality and professional secrecy regimes in third countries, reinforcing the EU’s commitment to safeguarding confidential information and enabling effective cross border supervisory cooperation.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has updated its confidential Report on equivalence monitoring activities and submitted it to European Parliament, the Council, the European Commission and the other European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). To enhance transparency, the EBA also published a public summary outlining recent regulatory and supervisory developments in 26 non-EU jurisdictions deemed equivalent under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its updated methodology for the assessment of regulatory and supervisory frameworks of non-EU countries. The changes reflect the amendments to the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Capital Requirements Directive (CRD).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its updated Guidelines for assessing equivalence of professional secrecy and confidentiality regimes of third country authorities, to widen the scope and the purpose of the assessment.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its updated questionnaires used for the assessment of regulatory and supervisory frameworks of third countries, to reflect certain provisions recently introduced by the revised prudential regulation in the EU.

​​​​​​​The European Banking Authority (EBA) acknowledged today the EU Commission’s decision to consider the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to credit institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia as equivalent to that applied in the Union. The EU Commission’s decision considered the EBA’s assessments carried out in 2019-20 and the respective Opinions, concluding that the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to credit institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia could be regarded as equivalent to that applied in the Union.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) updated today its Guidelines on the equivalence of confidentiality and professional secrecy regimes by adding the State Department of Financial Services (United States) to the current list of non-EU (third country) supervisory authorities whose confidentiality regimes can be regarded as equivalent. The EBA Guidelines are designed to help EU authorities in their assessment of third country equivalence and to facilitate cooperation with third country supervisory authorities and their participation in supervisory colleges overseeing international banks.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) acknowledged today the EU Commission’s decision to consider the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to credit institutions in Serbia and South Korea as equivalent to that applied in the Union. The Commission’s decision follows the EBA’s assessment of non-EU countries' equivalence with the EU prudential supervision and regulatory requirements. In its Opinion, in November 2018, the EBA concluded that the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to credit institutions in Serbia and South Korea can be regarded as equivalent to that applied in the Union.