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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a follow-up Report presenting the feedback received during the consultation on machine learning (ML) used in the context of internal ratings-based (IRB) models. This follow-up Report summarises the main conclusions from the consultation and provides an overview of the current use cases of ML techniques for IRB models.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today a binding mediation decision between two deposit guarantee schemes (DGSs), the Spanish Deposit Guarantee Fund for Credit Institutions and the Belgian Deposit Guarantee Fund for Financial Services. The decision stipulates that the Belgian DGS should transfer to the Spanish DGS the last contribution it has received from a credit institution that had changed its DGS affiliation.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to identify extraordinary circumstances of market disruption, permitting to waive certain requirements for the calculation of own funds requirements for market risk on the basis of internal models. The consultation runs until 3 November 2023.

The Joint Board of Appeal (“The Board”) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) unanimously decided that the appeal brought by Euroins Insurance Group AD (“Euroins”) against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is inadmissible. The appeal was brought in relation to an EIOPA Report assessing the valuation of Euroins’ technical provisions.

With a view to fostering convergence in resolution practices, the European Banking Authority (EBA) today published for the first time a Report which monitors the progress made by resolution authorities in embedding the key topics identified in the EBA’s 2022 European Resolution Examination Programme (EREP) into their respective priorities and resolution colleges in 2022. The Report observes that, overall, resolution authorities incorporated the work priorities set by the EBA, with MREL monitoring being a key focus. The EREP priorities set for 2024 mainly confirmed the areas of focus set for 2023 although with updated specific elements and extension of the operationalisation of the bail-in tool to cover the operationalisation of the resolution strategy more generally.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated guidance on how to compile and report to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI) based on EBA data. FSIs provide insight into the financial health and soundness of countries’ financial institutions as well as corporate and household sectors, thus supporting the economic and financial stability analysis.