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The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on gross jump-to-default (JTD) amounts and on residual risk add-on (RRAO). These final draft RTS provide technical specifications for the implementation of these two elements of the alternative standardised approach for market risk. The draft RTS are part of the phase 3 deliverables of the EBA roadmap for the new market and counterparty credit risk approaches. [...]

ESAs propose new rules for taxonomy-related product disclosures

22 October 2021

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have delivered to the European Commission (EC) their Final Report with draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) regarding disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as amended by the Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (Taxonomy Regulation). The disclosures relate to financial products that make sustainable investments contributing to environmental objectives. [...]

EBA replies to the European Commission’s call for advice on funding in resolution and insolvency as part of the review of the crisis management and deposit insurance framework

22 October 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its advice to the EU Commission on funding in resolution and insolvency as part of the review of the crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) framework. The EBA response provides a quantitative analysis on banks’ capacity to access available sources of funding under the current framework and under various creditor hierarchies, and with regards to the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL). [...]

ESAs invite stakeholders' input on PRIIPs review

21 October 2021

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have opened today a call for evidence regarding the PRIIPs (Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products) Regulation. [...]

EBA publishes clarifications to the seventh set of issues raised by its industry working group on Application Programming Interfaces under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

20 October 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today clarifications to a seventh set of issues that had been raised by participants of its working group on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The clarifications respond to issues raised on downtime of dedicated interfaces, payment status/rejection reasons, ASPSPs restricting access in case of embedded redirection, scope of the bank offered consent, inability to initiate bulk payments via APIs and whether the Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS) is within the scope of PSD2. [...]