European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) forward interpretation queries on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and Taxonomy Regulation (TR) to the European Commission, covering principal adverse impact disclosures, financial adviser obligations, product transparency, good governance, and scope of TR Articles 5-6.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the information that crowdfunding service providers shall provide to investors on the calculation of credit scores and prices of crowdfunding offers. The final draft RTS also specify a minimum set of common standards with regards to information to be considered in credit risk assessment and loan valuation and the underlying policies and governance arrangements.
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EBA Chairperson Jose Manuel Campa’s April 2022 meeting register covering discussions on third-country bank branches, cross-border services, EU banking challenges, sustainability governance, and the impact of the Ukraine crisis with financial institutions and stakeholders.
European Banking Authority (EBA) Chairperson Jose Manuel Campa’s April 2022 public meeting register – details stakeholder engagements on PSD2, digital finance, and post-pandemic financial stability with entities like ApplePay and the National Bank of North Macedonia.
Report on convergence of supervisory practices in 2021
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its annual Report on convergence of supervisory practices for 2021. Competent Authorities made progress in the implementation of the EBA Guidelines on supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP). The Report also reflects consistent implementation into their supervisory practices of the key supervisory priorities for 2021. However, the Report sets expectations for additional efforts from Competent Authorities on topics such as ICT risks, namely cyber risk and business model challenges and the respective digital transformation. In addition, the Report highlights the need for more harmonised practices in the determination of capital add-ons.
Joint ESAs Supervisory Statement on PRIIPs key information document
Following the request from the EU Commission, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has developed a template for the annual reporting of information on deposits subject to the Russia and the Belarus Economic Sanctions Regulations. The EBA is making the template available for voluntary use by the relevant national competent authorities and by the EU Commission, with the aim to promote a convergent approach and to reduce any associated reporting costs, especially for cross-border banks.
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) issued today a joint supervisory statement regarding the ‘What is this product?’ section of the key information document (KID) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). The expectations put forward in the supervisory statement aim at improving the quality of descriptions provided by PRIIPs manufacturers and thereby contribute to better protection of retail investors.
Mandate to the ESAs to develop SFDR RTS on product exposures to gas and nuclear activities
Mandate to ESAs on PAI product
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an update to its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) which specify the data collection for the supervisory benchmarking exercise of 2023 in relation to the internal approaches used in market and credit risk and IFRS9 accounting. The updated ITS include all benchmarking portfolios and metrics that will be used for the 2023 exercise. The benchmarking exercise is an essential supervisory tool to monitor and enhance the quality of internal models, which are relevant for the assessment of the institution’s capital adequacy.
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ITS amending Commission Implementing Regulation on benchmarking of internal models
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Report on non-bank lending in response to the European Commission’s February 2021 Call for Advice on this topic. The EBA’s proposals aim at addressing risks arising from the provision of lending by non-bank entities in the areas of supervision, consumer protection, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), macro and microprudential risks.
Letter to European Commission on its call for technical advice on non-bank lending