The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its updated final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on resolution plans and on the functioning of resolution colleges. The revisions aim to simplify and refocus resolution planning while improving the effectiveness of cooperation and coordination among authorities.
The Joint Bank Reporting Committee (JBRC) published today its Work Programme for 2026, outlining key priorities and deliverables for the year ahead. In parallel, the JBRC released a set of recommendations for all authorities to consider in the development of ESG reporting requirements. The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will follow up on the implementation of these recommendations.
On 1 January 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) completed the transfer of all AML/CFT mandates and functions from the EBA to AMLA, marking a milestone in the EU's fight against financial crime. The handover concludes the EBA's stand-alone AML/CFT mandate that began in 2020 and is part of the new EU AML/CFT package which established AMLA at the centre of an integrated, European system of AML/CFT supervision.
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of England (BoE), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This agreement enhances the cooperation between the authorities to oversee critical ICT third-party service providers (CTPPs) as required by the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) .
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a hotfix for its reporting framework version 4.2, which addresses technical issues identified after the release of the final technical package.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the booking arrangements that third-country branches must apply under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). The standards deliver clarity and harmonisation in the implementation of booking arrangements and the maintenance of a registry book, supporting consistent supervisory practices across the EU.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today released its Report on prudential consolidation and the final Guidelines on ancillary services undertakings (ASU) under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). Both publications are designed to enhance the efficiency and proportionality of the prudential consolidation framework, promote a level playing field, foster convergence of supervisory practices among institutions and competent authorities, and improve comparability of prudential requirements across the EU.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on cooperation and colleges of supervisors for third country-branches. These standards are designed to enhance collaboration and information exchange among competent authorities supervising third-country branches in the EU. They also set out practical arrangements for organising colleges of supervisors, ensuring comprehensive supervision of all activities conducted by third-country groups within the Union.
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - the ESAs) published today their Joint Guidelines on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) stress testing. These Guidelines provide national insurance and banking supervisors with clear guidance on how to integrate ESG risks into supervisory stress tests, both when using established frameworks and when conducting complementary assessments of ESG risk impacts.
The Joint Board of Appeal (“The Board”) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the EBA, ESMA, EIOPA – has issued its decision on costs arising in the appeal brought by NOVIS Insurance Company, NOVIS Versicherungsgesellschaft, NOVIS Compagnia di Assicurazioni, and NOVIS Poisťovňa a.s. (“NOVIS”) against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”).
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), the European Central Bank (ECB), national central banks and national supervisory authorities across the European Economic Area have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation and information sharing in support of non-bank payment service providers’ (PSPs) access to central bank-operated payment systems.
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 Q3 2025 Risk Dashboard (RDB), for the first time within EDAP, the European Data Access Portal. The data confirm that asset quality, solvency, liquidity and profitability in the banking sector of the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) remain stable, even amid heightened macroeconomic and geopolitical risks.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published clear guidance for banks on how to manage enhanced reporting requirements for operational risk, following the postponement of the first reference date under the amended Implementing Technical Standards (ITS). This move comes after the European Commission adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/2475, which delays the application of new operational risk reporting obligations to the end of June 2026.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) establishing the threshold up to which- non-banking CSDs (“designating CSDs”) may use banking CSDs or credit institutions for cash settlement without entities needing additional authorisation.
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published two factsheets designed to help consumers protect themselves from crypto and other online frauds and scams and explain how fraudsters increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) to deceive consumers. To make the information easily accessible, the factsheets will be translated into all official EU languages and reproduced by national authorities.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) today published the 2025 edition of their joint report on payment fraud. The report covers the semi-annual data for 2022 to 2024 and confirms that the legal requirement for strong customer authentication (SCA) introduced in 2020 has contributed to reducing fraud levels. However, it also highlights the need for continued vigilance and for security measures to be adapted to combat new emerging types of fraud.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on structural foreign exchange (FX) under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These standards deliver greater clarity, consistency, and supervisory convergence in the application of structural FX provisions across the EU. The final RTS retain the overall approach of the existing EBA Guidelines, while introducing targeted enhancements to ensure a more harmonised and transparent framework.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules under its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. This update highlights rules that have been deactivated due to inaccuracies or IT-related issues. Competent Authorities across the EU are reminded that data submitted according to these ITS should not be formally validated against the deactivated rules.