European Banking Authority (EBA) vacancy notice for Head of AML/CFT Unit in Paris, responsible for leading anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing initiatives, policy development, and coordination with EU authorities under Directive (EU) 2015/849.
Final draft RTS amending RTS on the calculation of specific credit risk adjustments
European Banking Authority (EBA) final report on revised guidelines for Deposit Guarantee Scheme (DGS) stress tests under Directive 2014/49/EU – strengthening testing frameworks, expanding scenarios to include pandemics and ICT failures, and harmonizing reporting templates for resilience assessment by June 2024.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final report on the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) amending its RTS on credit risk adjustments in the context of the calculation of the Risk Weight (RW) of defaulted exposures under the Standardised Approach (SA) of credit risk. The proposed amendments follow up on the European Commission’s Action Plan to tackle Non-Performing Loans (NPL) in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which indicated the need for a revision of the treatment of purchased defaulted exposures under the SA. This revision is necessary to ensure that the prudential framework does not create disincentives to the sale of non-performing assets by banks.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those, which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be formally validated against the set of deactivated rules.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on specific liquidity measurement requirements for investment firms and draft Guidelines on liquidity requirements exemptions for small and non-interconnected investment firms. The draft RTS and draft Guidelines aim to ensure consistent supervisory practices with regards to the application of liquidity requirements for investment firms across all EU Member States. The consultations run until 10 March 2022.
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Consultation paper on draft Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions
Consultation paper on draft RTS on the specific liquidity measurement for investment firms
Consultation paper on draft Guidelines on liquidity requirements exemption for investment firms
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions. These Guidelines set out a common understanding by competent authorities of the steps financial sector operators should take to ensure safe and effective remote customer onboarding practices in line with applicable anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation and the EU’s data protection framework. Once adopted, these Guidelines will apply to all financial sector operators that are within the scope of the Anti-money Laundering Directive (AMLD). This consultation runs until 10 March 2022.
Report on the application of the Guidelines on the remuneration of sales staff