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Level of application of permissions for consolidated netting

How should the term 'consolidated basis' be read in Article 325b CRR? Should permissions in accordance with that article be granted only to the highest EU consolidating entity or is it possible to grant these permissions also to several EU sub-consolidating entities? If it is possible to apply this requirement also on a sub-consolidated basis, should the offsetting of the positions only refer to undertakings included in such an entity’s sub-consolidated group?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Alternative arrangements for variable remuneration in investment firms

Can the use of alternative arrangements for the payment of variable remuneration be approved where the use of instruments under art 32(1)(j) IFD is theoretically possible but might endanger the stability of the investment firm?

  • Legal act: Directive (EU) 2019/2034 (IFD)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2021/14 - Guidelines on internal governance under Directive (EU) 2019/2034

F 46 EBA_v1226

Where to recognise foreign exchange differences in template F46 for 0010 (Capital) and c0020 (Share Premium)?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2021/451 – ITS on supervisory reporting of institutions

Maturity calculation under IRB for undrawn credit facility

Does Article 162(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) apply to exposures in the form of undrawn credit facilities as the only contractual cash flow payments for the undrawn credit facility are fee-related?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

DORA Regulation & Applicability to Third-Country Branches

Is Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) applicable to third-country branches that are licensed in our country (EU country) as Credit Institutions?

  • Legal act: Regulation (EU) No 2022/2554 (DORA)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Not applicable

Mobile Banking Services and SCA in the same app

We use a mobile app, software installed in a separate sandbox on a multi-purpose device, for the elements of strong customer authentication. Is it correct to assume that Article 9 (in COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/ 389) does not prevent us from offering mobile banking services through the same app?

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2018/389 - RTS on strong customer authentication and secure communication

Fraud reporting

How we should treat the transactions that are initiated by PSP (for example refunds, chargebacks, etc.), but those transactions are related to cardholder's actions.

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: EBA/GL/2018/05 - Guidelines on fraud reporting under PSD2 (amended by EBA/GL/2020/01)

PISP’s access to payable charges applied by the ASPSP on the PSU’s initiated payment via the ASPSP’s dedicated interface

Shall the account servicing payment service provider (ASPSP) make the transaction fees accessible to payment initiation service providers (PISPs) via the dedicated interface?

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2018/389 - RTS on strong customer authentication and secure communication

Payee-initiated transactions with irregular period or variable amounts for account payments.

Please clarify whether payee-initiated account transactions available in Account Servicing Payment Service Providers (ASPSPs)’ online banking channels are considered discriminatory under PSD2 when not available in the PSD2 Application Programming  Interfaces (APIs). 

  • Legal act: Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
  • COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs: Regulation (EU) 2018/389 - RTS on strong customer authentication and secure communication