• COVID-19 related moratoria and public guarantees provided breathing space to borrowers and allowed banks to provide new lending to many companies impacted by the crisis.
• Loans under moratoria on loan repayments were significant in many countries, and were particularly widespread for loans to SMEs.
• It is expected that upon expiry of EBA-compliant...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on the effects of the unwind mechanism of the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) over a three-year period, from the end of 2016 to the first quarter of 2020. Overall, the empirical evidence does not support the hypothesis that the unwind mechanism has a detrimental impact on the business and risk profile of credit institutions...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Report on the benchmarking of national loan enforcement frameworks across EU Member States, in response to the EU Commission’s call for advice. The Report introduces for the first time a set of benchmarks for bank loan recovery and identifies areas where the divergence in the national insolvency regimes is wider.  In addition,...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the final methodology, draft templates and template guidance for the 2021 EU-wide stress test along with the key...