Press releases

The EBA launched today a consultation on Guidelines on payment commitments to deposit guarantee schemes. These Guidelines are part of the EBA's work to promote a consistent and coherent approach to deposit guarantee schemes across the European Union (EU). The consultation runs until 2 January 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) further specifying the criteria to set the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) laid down in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The aim of these standards is to achieve an appropriate degree of convergence in how these criteria are interpreted and applied across the EU to ensure a level playing field. Institutions with similar risk profiles, resolvability and other characteristics in any Member State should have similar levels of MREL. The consultation runs until 27 February 2015.

The EBA published today, in an aggregated format, all the information disclosed by EU Competent Authorities according to its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure which was published in the EU Official Journal on 4 June 2014. This information provides an overview on the implementation and transposition of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRDIV) and Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) across the EU. It also provides a detailed picture on the use of options and national discretions by each and every EU Member State. Finally, it provides aggregate statistical data on the EU banking sector as at end 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure under the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). As foreclosure can have significant consequences for consumers, creditors should implement measures to attempt to resolve with the borrower any payment difficulties before initiating foreclosure proceedings. These draft Guidelines will ensure that such measures are developed and adopted consistently across the European Union. The public consultation will run until 12 February 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft Guidelines on creditworthiness assessments under the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). These draft Guidelines provide details on how creditors across the EU should assess and verify consumers’ creditworthiness before concluding credit agreements for immovable residential properties. The consultation will run until 12 February 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the periodical update to its risk dashboard summarising the main risks and vulnerabilities in the banking sector in the European Union (EU) on the basis of the evolution of Key Risk Indicators (KRI) from 53 banks across the EU in the first and second quarter of 2014. This edition of the risk dashboard is the first to have own funds’ positions and requirements data that is based on the supervisory reporting standards from COREP, the Common Reporting framework for financial institutions across the EU, and includes an annex on aggregate risk parameters that brings enhanced transparency on EU banks' and allows comparison across countries and geographical areas.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final technical advice to the Commission laying out criteria and factors for exercising intervention powers on structured deposits. This final technical advice, which has been developed in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) requiring the EBA to monitor the market for structured deposits, takes into consideration, where appropriate, comments received during a public consultation earlier this year.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a discussion paper on the draft requirements for passport notifications for mortgage credit intermediaries across the EU. The requirements will ensure that information about credit intermediaries that carry out business in one or more Member States is exchanged consistently between the competent authorities of the home Member State and of the host Member State. The paper issued today contains the EBA’s preliminary considerations on the issue. It aims at promoting discussion and gathering preliminary stakeholders’ views at an early stage of the process, so as to inform the upcoming work on the topic. The consultation runs until 12 March 2015.

The joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) has published today its decision in an appeal brought by an Estonian company against a decision of the EBA.

On 15 December 2014, the EBA will move to its new offices in Canary Wharf, London. Here is all the relevant information on the new EBA premises and changes in the address that you may want to take into consideration for your meetings and correspondence.

The Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities published today its decision in an appeal brought by Investor Protection Europe (IPE) sprl, a company based in Brussels, against a decision of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) of 10 June 2014 not to initiate an investigation under Article 17 of the ESMA Regulation regarding an alleged breach of Union law by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier of Luxembourg. The Board of Appeal unanimously decided that the appeal was inadmissible, and in the light of that decision, did not consider the substance of IPE’s complaint

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion addressed to the European Commission, relating to the perimeter of credit institutions and namely to the different approaches across EU Member States on the interpretation of the definition of ‘credit institution’ in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). The Opinion is based on a report, also published today, in which the EBA summarises the findings of a comprehensive study, which focuses on the interpretation of the term ‘credit institution’ and the prudential treatment of those entities established in the Union which carry on credit intermediation but are not ‘credit institutions’.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) will hold a public hearing in London on Friday 5 December 2014 from 09.00 am to 11.00 am GMT on the draft Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) report to be submitted to the EU Commission.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today its guidelines on the management of operational risk in market-related activities.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) has resubmitted its 2014 EU-wide stress test results following a recalculation of its Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratios. The amended templates are now available on the EBA website.