Press releases

The European Banking Authority published today its 2011 Annual Report.

The annual report on Risks and Vulnerabilities of the European banking sector by the European Banking Authority (EBA) describes the main developments and trends that affected the EU banking sector in 2011.

EBA has today jointly published with EIOPA and ESMA the list of identified Financial Conglomerates, as at 1st July 2012.

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) today published a Protocol for Supervisory Cooperation in the field of anti-money laundering (AML). The protocol is aimed at facilitating the cross-border exchange of information between national (home and host) supervisors overseeing agents and branches of payment institutions.

<p>The EBA organises on 13 September in London a workshop on the technical implementation of the new supervisory reporting requirements. UPDATE: workshop documents, including new ITS templates, have been uploaded.</p>

The Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has appointed William Blair, High Court Judge, Queen’s Bench Division, as its President and Juan Fernández-Armesto, Arbitrator, formerly Chairman of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission, as its Vice-President.

The European Banking Authority discloses today the final report on its EU-wide recapitalisation exercise and the data on all individual banks. Overall, the exercise led to an increase of banks’ capital positions of more than €200bn. 27 banks with an initial shortfall that submitted capital plans have strengthened their capital position by €116bn. Considering the still challenging market environment, the EBA’s Board of Supervisors underlined the need for banks to maintain their capital levels in view of the implementation of the new regulatory framework. In this respect, the EBA will adopt a new Recommendation on capital conservation once the final CRD IV/CRR text is agreed.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a follow-up review aimed at assessing the disclosures European banks’ made in response to the Pillar 3 requirements set out in the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). Overall, the EBA welcomes efforts made by banks to improve their disclosure practices and to comply with the new requirements introduced with CRD3. Nevertheless, the report notes that there is still room for improvements in Banks’ Pillar 3 disclosures, and the EBA intends to continue to press for such improvements.

EBA, EIOPA and ESMA’s responded to the European Commission’s Call for Advice on the Fundamental Review of the Financial Conglomerates Directive.

<p>The European Banking Authority organised on 21 and 22 November a research workshop on “Banks’ business models after the crisis: incentives, strategies, de-risking”.</p>

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of credit institutions authorised to operate within the European Union and European Economic Area countries.

<p>The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) has today published a report on the application of AML/CTF obligations to, and the AML/CTF supervision of e-money issuers, agents and distributors in Europe.</p>

Information regarding the chairmanship of the Banking Stakeholders Group

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a call for research papers in view of its second policy research workshop taking place on 14-15 November in London on the topic “How to regulate and resolve systemically important banks”.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of credit institutions authorised to operate within the European Union and European Economic Area countries.