Press releases

EBA publishes its comments in response to the Report by Philippe Maystadt "Should IFRS standards be more European?".

<p>The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the peer review on the implementation of the EBA guidelines on stress testing . The aim of the peer review was to assess and compare the effectiveness of the supervisory activities related to the review of credit institutions’ own stress testing frameworks across the EU, as well as the implementation of related provisions by competent authorities. The report shows that National Competent Authorities (NCAs) largely comply with the three assessed guidelines (18, 19 and 20).</p>

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA - ESAs) is launching today a one-month public consultation on the removal of mechanistic references to credit ratings in their guidelines and on the definition of sole and mechanistic reliance on such ratings.

The EBA's Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG) enters its second term of work and holds its first meeting of the BSG in its new composition on 30 October 2013. Of the 30 newly appointed or reappointed members, 10 are delegates from credit and investment institutions, 3 of which represent savings or cooperative banks, 10 are representatives of consumers and users, 6 are academics, 2 represent small and medium-sized enterprises and 2 are employees' representatives.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) have jointly launched a consultation on guidelines for complaints handling in the securities and markets sectors. The proposed Guidelines will build on the existing guidelines on complaints handling by insurance undertakings published by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) in June 2012. The consultation runs until 7 February 2014.

The EBA's Banking Stakeholders Group (BSG) has re-elected Mr David Llewellyn as its Chairperson. The election took place during the first meeting of the newly appointed EBA's Banking Stakeholders Group (BSG) on 30 October 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final implementing technical standards (ITS) on reporting for asset encumbrance. These ITS, which will be part of the EU Single Rulebook in banking, provide reporting templates and instructions with the ultimate aim of ensuring harmonised reporting of asset encumbrance across institutions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of FAQs on the Prudent Valuation Quantitative Impact Study (QIS), amending the version published on 3 October 2013. Changes and/or clarifications to the FAQs are marked in red in the excel file.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a consultation on a Recommendation on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The document will require all entities for which information is required under EU reporting obligations to obtain a pre-Legal Entity Identifier (pre-LEI) code for reporting purposes.

The EBA informs that as of today’s date any final answers to questions submitted under the Single Rulebook Q&A tool will be published on Fridays between 12pm and 1pm GMT. Please note that as the EBA will be closed Friday 1 November (EU public holiday), any publication this week will take place on Thursday 31 October between 12pm and 1pm GMT instead.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today its first risk dashboard, summarising the main risks and vulnerabilities in the banking sector in the European Union (EU). The dashboard looks at the evolution of Key Risk Indicators (KRI) from 56 banks across the EU and points to significant improvements, particularly in terms of strengthened capital base.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) released today its final technical standards on supervisory reporting on Non-Performing Exposures and Forbearance, which will provide consistent indicators of asset quality of banks across the European Union. The EBA also issued recommendations on asset quality reviews (AQRs) aimed at supporting existing and/or planned reviews across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today three consultations on draft technical standards (ITS and RTS) related to liquidity requirements. In particular, the EBA will be consulting on 1) draft ITS on currencies for which the justified demand for liquid assets exceeds their availability; 2) draft RTS on derogations for eligible currencies; and 3) draft ITS listing the currencies with an extremely narrow definition of central bank eligibility. All three consultations will run until 22 December 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on disclosure for leverage ratio. These standards will be part of the EU Single Rulebook in the banking sector and aim at harmonising disclosure of the leverage ratio across the EU by providing institutions with uniform templates and instructions. The consultation runs until 24 January 2014.

The EBA announced today the new composition of its Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG). The group, which now enters its second term of work, has the important role of facilitating consultation and dialogue with stakeholders in all the areas relevant to the tasks of the EBA. Newly appointed and reappointed members from the previous term will represent in a balanced way consumers, users and employees, as well as academia and various types of credit and investment institutions across the EU.