Fighting fraud

Under Article 66 of our founding Regulation, we have the mandate to implement anti-fraud measures in all our activities.

The anti-fraud strategy was adopted in 11 March 2025 by the Management Board. In addition to the controls put in place in the Anti-fraud Policy, the strategy identifies six objectives:​

  1. to maintain a high level of ethics and anti-fraud culture in the EBA;
  2. to continue ensuring the absence of conflicts of interests of staff;
  3. to clarify the conflict of interest rules related to current EBA powers and to adjust them to newly acquired powers under DORA and MiCA;
  4. to explore new ways of reporting fraud;
  5. to enhance current specific processes/systems to reduce fraud;
  6. to maintain the exchange of best practices and joint-risk response with agencies with a similar fraud risk profile.

As part of our anti-fraud strategies, we perform fraud risk assessments. This helps us examine all our activities to find any fraud risks and evaluate the controls in place. Any identified risk is scored to determine if it could be significant or material, and to decide how it should be addressed in a suitable and effective way.  

We cooperate with, and rely on, the investigative powers of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to carry out investigations of fraud, irregularities and misconduct of staff. The EBA staff are encouraged to report instances of fraud, irregularities and misconduct and are protected under specific whistleblowing arrangements. Serious suspicions of fraud, irregularities and misconduct can also be reported directly to OLAF.