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ECB finalises guide to assessing how banks calculate counterparty credit risk

18 September 2020

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ECB allows temporary relief in banks’ leverage ratio after declaring exceptional circumstances due to pandemic

17 September 2020

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Pentti Hakkarainen: Technology exposes banks’ vulnerabilities

16 September 2020

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ECB lists Bulgarian and Croatian banks it will directly supervise as of October 2020

11 September 2020

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Yves Mersch: Supervisory action in times of crisis and the limits of the ECB’s prudential mandate

11 September 2020

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CON/2020/16 Opinion on amendments to the Union prudential framework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

19 May 2020

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CON/2020/15 Opinion on amendments to Latvian national security, emergency situation and mobilisation laws

10 May 2020

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ECB/2020/22 Regulation (EU) 2020/605 of the ECB of 9 April 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/534 on reporting of supervisory financial information

6 May 2020

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CON/2020/12 Opinion on the identification and reporting by financial institutions of the allocation of sums deposited in savings account

16 April 2020

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ECB/2020/19 Recommendation of the ECB of 27 March 2020 on dividend distributions during the COVID-19 pandemic and repealing Recommendation (ECB/2020/1)

29 March 2020

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Fossil fuel lending is a financial stability issue

1 September 2020

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The EU recovery plan can still be made into a catalyst for sustainability

31 July 2020

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Which financial services are needed for financial inclusion?

7 July 2020

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Finance Watch publishes its Annual Report 2019

3 July 2020

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The temporary financialisation of refugees in Greece

24 June 2020

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EBA flags to the EU Commission elements of the definition of credit institution and aspects of the scope of authorisation

18 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion addressed to the European Commission to raise awareness as to the opportunity to clarify certain issues relating to the definition of credit institution in the upcoming review of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). Such clarifications would be beneficial to the development of a truly uniform Single Rulebook and ultimately to a deeper market integration of banking and financial services across the EU. [...]

EBA seeks input from institutions on their ESG disclosure practices

16 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an online survey to receive input from credit institutions on their practices and views in the area of disclosure of information on environmental social governance (ESG) risks. The survey, which is addressed to large credit institutions that will be required to disclose prudential information on ESG risks, aims to support the EBA’s policy work on Pillar 3 disclosure and its wider efforts to develop a robust policy framework in the area of sustainable finance. The deadline for the call for input is 16 October 2020. [...]

EBA calls on the EU Commission to establish a single rulebook on fighting money laundering and terrorist financing

10 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its response to a European Commission’s call for advice on how to strengthen the EU legal framework on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The European Commission issued this call for advice to the EBA to take advantage of its technical expertise across all areas of financial services regulation and because the EBA has a legal duty to lead, coordinate and monitor the EU financial sector’s fight against ML/TF. [...]

EBA issues revised list of ITS validation rules

10 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those, which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be formally validated against the set of deactivated rules. [...]

EBA publishes its 2019 Annual Report on resolution colleges

1 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Annual Report on resolution colleges for 2019. The Report sets out the EBA’s observations on the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of the functioning of resolution colleges during the year and the progress achieved in key areas of resolution planning. It also highlights the main areas that the EBA will monitor in 2020, which primarily address responses to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall, the Report shows that resolution colleges continue to be an active forum for resolution authorities in the development of resolution plans for cross-border banking groups, where the intensity… [...]