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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The EBA publishes today an updated version of the templates, instructions, validation rules and data point model for implementing technical standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting (COREP and FINREP). The objective of this updated version is to facilitate credit institutions’ timely preparation for the implementation of the harmonised reporting requirements.

Andrea Enria, Chairperson at the EBA, gave a speech today in Brussels at the European Commission public hearing on financial supervision in the EU: "Implications of the Single Supervisory Mechanism on the European System of Financial Supervision: the EBA perspective".

The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today two Opinions on good practices for (i) responsible mortgage lending and (ii) for the treatment of borrowers in mortgage payment difficulties. Both Opinions are addressed to competent authorities and aim at promoting common practices, with the ultimate view of enhancing consumer protection and contributing to the stability, integrity and effectiveness of the financial system.

The EBA issues today a discussion paper presenting the methodology and scope of its forthcoming analysis on definitions of highly liquid assets. The proposed methodology is based on a scorecard, which aims at producing an ordinal ranking of assets by combining a set of different liquidity indicators. Following the outcome of the analysis, the EBA will report to the European Commission on appropriate definitions of high and extremely high liquidity and credit quality of transferable assets for the purpose of the LCR.