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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today new Guidelines to ensure that customers have access to the financial services they need to fully participate in society and that they are not denied this access on unsubstantiated Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) grounds or without valid reason. These Guidelines will contribute to foster a common understanding by institutions and AML/CFT supervisors of effective money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risk management practices in situations where access by customers to financial products and services should be safeguarded, in particular for the most vulnerable ones.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on amendments to its Guidelines on risk-based anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision. The proposed changes extend the scope of these Guidelines to AML/CFT supervisors of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs). The consultation runs until 29 June 2023.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published, for the first time, a new set of indicators, which aim at identifying detriment to consumers arising from the misconduct of financial institutions offering retail banking products in the EU. The indicators  show consumers’ experience with financial services and will complement other sources of information that the EBA already uses to decide on its consumer protection priorities.