WORD OF THE DAY® – Clean-Up Call
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published three consultation papers under Directive 2013/36 (CRD IV), as amended by Directive 2024/169 (CRD VI), relating to the regulatory requirements for third country branches...more
The European Banking Authority consultation on customer due diligence under the EU’s 6th money laundering package closes on 06 June, 2025, with the EBA due to submit its findings to the European Commission’s call for evidence...more
Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...more
The European Banking Authority has published its final amendments to the Regulatory Technical Standards on the market risk framework, also known as the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book. The EU Capital Requirements...more
Subcontractors, security, and audit and termination rights will require special consideration under forthcoming EBA outsourcing guidelines. Recent growth in divestiture and carve-out deals in the M&A landscape, including...more
Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on Content and Format of the STS Notification - Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, which lays down a general framework for securitisation and creates a specific framework for simple,...more
On July 28, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a chart setting out the key metrics used to identify global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs) in the EU. The chart contains information on the size,...more
Under the EU’s Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (“BRRD”), one of the key powers given to national resolution authorities is the ability to impose losses on, or “bail-in”, certain financial liabilities of the failing...more
Over the last week the EBA has published final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS), implementing standards (ITS) and guidelines on a number of Articles of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (2014/59/EU) (BRRD)....more