EBA consults on information exchanges between authorities regarding qualifying holdings
November 11th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the procedures, forms and templates that competent authorities in the EU should use when consulting each other on qualifying holdings. The ...
EBA updates on remuneration practices and high earners data for 2013 across the EU
September 8th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a report combining the benchmarking of remuneration practices across the European Union and aggregated data on the remuneration of EU institutions’ staff who received, in total, EUR one million or more in 2013. The ...
Luxembourg’s banks choose Worldline’s ACS solution to secure ecommerce with 3D-Secure
August 26th, 2015
Worldline, , European market leader in payment and transactional services, has been selected by the Luxembourg banking community to provide its Access Control Server solution for 3D-Secure, in cooperation with LuxTrust, a Luxembourg-based certification authority. The 3D-Secure dynamic ...
ESAs publish responses to consultation on Guidelines for cross-selling practices
May 14th, 2015
These Guidelines developed by the Joint Committee of the ESAs further develop how EU firms engaged in cross-selling practices in the financial sector should comply with the general conduct of business standards expected towards customers. Their aim is to ...
EBA consults on draft technical standards on the mapping of ECAIs credit assessments for securitisation positions
May 8th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the mapping of External Credit Assessment Institutions’ (ECAIs) credit assessments for securitisation positions. These ITS will be part of the Single Rulebook in ...
The EBA advises on resolution procedures for EU banks
March 9th, 2015
The EBA issued today advice to the European Commission on the resolution framework for EU banks, covering the definition of critical functions and core business lines, as well as rules for the exclusion of liabilities from the application of ...
Statement on EBA guidelines on remuneration policies for public consultation
March 5th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has today published draft guidelines on remuneration policies for public consultation. These guidelines seek to clarify how firms and regulators should interpret the remuneration rules in CRD IV. These guidelines would effectively remove the proportionality principle for smaller ...
EBA: Consultation on Guidelines on sound remuneration policies
March 5th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a three-month public consultation on its Guidelines on sound remuneration policies. These draft Guidelines set out the governance process for implementing sound remuneration policies across the EU, as well as the specific ...
EBA updates on future EU-wide stress tests
March 3rd, 2015
European Banking Authority has issued a press release informing that: In its meeting on 24 February 2015, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) decided not to carry out an EU-wide stress test in 2015 and ...
Market Regulation
February 4th, 2014
A “regulated market” or “organized market” as defined by Directive 2004/39/EC means the multilateral system managed or operated by a market operator and which brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third-party buying or/and selling interests in ...