International Regulatory Updates

The European Parliament (EP) confirmed today the extension of the mandate of Andrea Enria as Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) until February 2021. The confirmation follows a public hearing held at the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament. Th ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report and an Opinion on the application of legal provisions on cooperation and information sharing between EU and non-EU supervisory authorities. The objective of this report is to identify any issues and areas of improvement and to propose leg ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines regarding limits on institutions' exposures to ‘shadow banking entities' that carry out bank-like activities outside a regulated framework. In particular, these Guidelines introduce an approach that will allow EU institution ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure under the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). As foreclosure can have significant consequences for consumers, creditors should implement measures to attempt to resolve with the borro ...

Consumer analytics and Big Data allow for more customised products, but may raise privacy and segmentation concerns. Due to the low interest rates environment, financial risks are increasingly borne by consumers, yet consumers are often not sufficiently supported in taking on these risks. A la ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Guidelines on the collection of information related to the internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP) and the internal liquidity adequacy assessment process (ILAAP). These draft Guidelines aim at facilitatin ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft technical standards on the framework for cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities for passporting under Article 28(5) of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The technical standards ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Discussion Paper on strong customer authentication and secure communication. The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will mandate the EBA to deliver Regulatory Technical Standards on this topic, which the EBA is required to deliver by Janu ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on the reporting of financial information for institutions using IFRS (FINREP IFRS). The proposed amendments follow the finalisation of IFRS 9 by the IASB in July 2014 and aim at collecting early industry views on changes that IFRS 9 ...

Low interest rates environment and a “double-hit” scenario remain the biggest concerns for financial stability. Sustained profitability of insurers results in a challenging “search-for yield” behaviour. Resilience of the insurance sector will be reinforced thanks to the upcoming Solven ...