Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a statement for the attention of persons issuing to the public, offering to the public, or seeking admission to trading of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and e-money tokens (EMTs) and for consumers. The EBA also sets out key topics for supervisory attention across the European Union for issuers of ARTs/EMTs in 2024/2025. Both documents are intended to promote the timely and consistent application of MiCAR.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has today published for informal consultation its draft methodology, templates, and guidance for the 2025 EU-wide stress test. This step marks the beginning of the dialogue with the banking industry and builds upon the methodology used in the 2023 exercise, with improvements reflecting new insights and regulatory changes. Some important changes are introduced, notably the integration of the upcoming Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR3), set to be implemented on January 1, 2025. It also considers the Commission’s announcement[1] to postpone the application date of the fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB). Other enhancements include the centralisation of net interest income (NII) projections and advancements in the market risk methodology to increase risk sensitivity. 68 banks from the EU and Norway, including 54 from the euro area, will participate in the exercise[2], thus covering 75% of the EU banking sector. The expanded geographical reach and incorporation of proportionality features aim to boost efficiency while ensuring the relevance and transparency of the results.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Guidelines on the so-called ‘travel rule’, i.e. the information that should accompany transfers of funds and certain crypto assets. This rule will help tackle the abuse of such transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.

The registration for the 11th Joint Consumer Protection Day organised by the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) on 3 October 2024 in Budapest, Hungary is now open. Interested stakeholders can register until 2 September 2024.

The Joint Bank Reporting Committee (JBRC), jointly set up by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB), launched today a public call for expression of interest to set up the Reporting Contact Group (RCG). The RCG will bring together stakeholders with expertise on banks’ regulatory reporting with the aim to serve as a regular channel for cooperation and exchange of views and best practices with authorities. The call for expression of interest is open to candidates representing stakeholders across the European Economic Area (EEA). The deadline for application is 01 August 2024, 23:59 CET.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published the spring edition of its risk assessment report (RAR). The report covers the EBA’s common risk assessment as well as the analysis of banks’ asset encumbrance and funding plan data, which had previously been published in two separate reports. It also includes specific chapters dedicated to EU/EEA banks’ Commercial Real Estate (CRE) exposures and EU/EEA banks’ interconnections with non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Q4 2023 quarterly dashboard on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL), which discloses aggregated statistical information for 333 EU/EEA banks earmarked for resolution. All banks are meeting their MREL requirements in line with the Bank Recovery and Resolution (BRRD) deadline of 1 January 2024, except for 3 banks that reported technical shortfalls against this deadline. 23 banks have been granted a deadline extension. The amount of instruments coming to maturity over the next year for the sample reached EUR 207bn.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) clarifying the extraordinary circumstances for continuing the use of internal models and disregarding certain overshootings in accordance with the Fundamental Review of the Trading book (FRTB) framework

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its amended Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure following the changes introduced in the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published joint guidelines on the suitability of members of the management body, and on the assessment of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings for issuers of asset reference tokens (ARTs) and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), under the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCAR).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an Opinion addressed to Consob, the Italian Securities Commission, in response to the Competent Authority’s notification of its decision to grant the permission referred to in Article 26e(10) of the Securitisation Regulation, which specifies the eligibility criteria for high-quality collateral for on-balance-sheet securitisations to qualify as Simple, Transparent, and Standardised (STS).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an updated Report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1), Tier 2 and total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) as well as the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) instruments of European Union (EU) institutions. Today’s update provides new guidance on the prudential valuation of non-CET1 instruments and on other aspects related to the terms and conditions of the issuances.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) welcomes the entry into force of the new EU framework that will transform how Europe tackles money laundering and terrorist financing. The EBA is proud to be paving the way for the establishment of the new anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism authority (AMLA) and is committed to facilitating a smooth transition, and making the EU a hostile place for financial crime.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft amending Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the standardised approach for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR). This regulatory product is part of the new roadmap on the Banking Package.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a final draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on public disclosures by institutions that implement the changes in the Pillar 3 disclosure framework introduced by the amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1623 (CRR 3). These ITS will ensure that market participants have sufficient comparable information to assess the risk profiles of institutions and understand compliance with CRR 3 requirements, further promoting market discipline.