Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a consultation on its revised Guidelines on internal governance under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). The proposed revisions reflect the changes introduced in the CRD framework as well as in other relevant legislations, such as the Digital Operational Resilience Acts (DORA). The consultation runs until 7 November 2025 and is limited to the proposed changes.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying what constitutes an “equivalent legal mechanism” for unfinished property exposures under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These RTS are part of the first phase of the EBA’s roadmap for implementing the EU Banking Package and take into account the stakeholders’ feedback, including targeted amendments to ensure both prudential soundness and practical applicability across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a no-action letter on the application of the ESG Pillar 3 disclosure requirements under the EBA disclosure Implementing Technical Standards (ITS). This no-action letter aims to address legal and operational uncertainties linked to the evolving ESG disclosure framework, in light of the proposed amendments under the European Commission’s Omnibus legislative package on sustainability reporting. The EBA is also updating its ESG risk dashboard.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation to amend the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on resolution plans and the RTS on resolution colleges. These revisions target both the structure and content of resolution plans as well as the operational functioning of resolution colleges for cross-border groups. The aim is to simplify and streamline resolution plans and the functioning of resolution colleges and strengthen cooperation among college authorities. The consultation runs until 5 November 2025.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) which specify the technical elements necessary for institutions to calculate and aggregate crypto-asset exposures in relation to the prudential treatment of such exposures. The RTS address implementation aspects and will ensure harmonisation of the capital requirements on crypto-asset exposures by institutions across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published three final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) that provide a taxonomy for operational risk losses and offer clarity on the exemptions for the calculation of the annual operational risk loss and on the adjustments to the loss data set that banks must perform when merging or acquiring entities or activities.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today released the results of its 2025 EU-wide stress test involving 64 banks from 17 EU and EEA countries and covering 75% of EU banking sector assets. The results confirm that European banks remain resilient even under a severe hypothetical economic downturn. The simulated scenario involves a sharp deterioration in the global macro-financial environment, driven by a resurgence in geopolitical tensions, entrenched trade fragmentation, including increase in tariffs, and persistent supply shocks. EU banks, despite bearing losses of EUR 547bn, maintain strong capital positions and their capacity to continue supporting the economy.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Q4 2024 semi-annual Dashboard on the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL), which discloses aggregated statistical information for 345 banks earmarked for resolution across the European Union (EU) and for which the EBA has received data about both decisions and resources. All in all, banks meet their MREL requirements in line with the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) deadline of 1 January 2024, as shortfalls are reported only by a few banks, mostly in their transition period towards future requirements. The amount of instruments becoming ineligible over the next year for the sample reached EUR 242bn.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on its draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) for the supervisory reporting of third-country branches under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). This initiative aims to establish uniform formats, definitions, and reporting frequencies for third-country branches, ensuring a consistent and comprehensive approach to regulatory and financial information reporting across the EU. The consultation runs until 31 October 2025.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published the metadata, the data dictionary, and the guide for data exploitation. This information is intended to assist data users in automating the analysis of the 2025 EU-wide stress test data, which will be released on 1 August at 18:00 CET.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its 2025 Opinion on money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks affecting the EU’s financial sector. 2025 marks a significant change in the ML/TF risk landscape. In a context of important geopolitical developments, legislative reforms and digitalisation new ML/TF vulnerabilities are emerging. The consistent application of the new EU legal framework will be key to addressing these risks. At the same time, thanks to a greater supervisory engagement some sectors are now better equipped to tackle financial crime.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) announced today that the results of the 2025 EU-wide stress test, including individual results for participating banks, will be published on Friday, 1 August 2025 at 18:00 CEST.

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Report on the direct provision of banking services from third countries. The quantitative and qualitative analysis performed didn’t provide evidence to recommend the amendment of the new Article 21c of the Capital Requirement Directive (CRD) which identifies how core banking services should be provided in a Member State. However, the EBA suggests a clarification of the interaction between Article 21c of the CRD and other sectorial legislations could be beneficial to authorities and market participants.

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published the latest chapter of its resolution Handbook on simulation exercises for resolution authorities. The Handbook provides, for the first time, a comprehensive framework of best practices, methodologies and processes to support resolution authorities in enhancing their preparedness and operational capabilities through structured simulation exercises.

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, ESMA – the ESAs) today published a guide on oversight activities under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The aim of this guide is to provide an overview of the processes used by the ESAs through the Joint Examination Teams (JET) to oversee critical Information and communication technology (ICT) third party service providers (CTPPs).