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European Central Bank Publishes Paper on TIBER-EU and EU Digital Operational Resilience Act Requirements

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The European Central Bank has published a paper outlining how the European framework for threat intelligence-based ethical red teaming, the TIBER-EU framework, can help competent authorities and financial entities fulfil...more

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EU Report on Payment Fraud

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The European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority have published a joint report on payment fraud data. The report assesses payment fraud reported by the industry across the EEA and covers semi-annual data reported...more

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Digital Operational Resilience in the Financial Services Sector: EU and UK Update

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With under six months to go until the European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) becomes applicable on 17 January 2025, DORA implementation projects are running full steam ahead. DORA lays down uniform...more

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ECB Mandates Board Expertise in Addressing ICT and Security Risks

Earlier this year, a dedicated policy prepared by the European Central Bank (ECB) came into effect requiring bank management bodies to broaden their collective understanding of and proficiency in identifying and dealing with...more

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Outsourcing and Its Risks Are a Top Priority for the European Central Bank’s Supervisory Agenda

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published data showing that banks are increasingly using third-party providers to support their critical functions. However, more than 10% of outsourcing contracts covering critical...more

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ECB warns of the risks of increased reliance on outsourcing

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The European Central Bank (ECB) published its latest Supervision Newsletter on 21 February 2024 which highlighted, amongst other updates, that the number of outsourcing contracts for ECB supervised banks has increased...more

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Regulatory monitoring - November 2023

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In addition, we prepare an overview of articles and court decisions published in German legal journals that are relevant to banking or banking supervisory law (in German language only). Furthermore, we produce detailed...more

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ECB Cautions Banks About Heightened Exposure to Climate Litigation

At a September legal conference convened by the European Central Bank (ECB), Frank Elderson, a member of the ECB’s executive board and vice-chair of its supervisory board, observed the increasing risk of climate lawsuits and...more

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ECB Stress Test: Bank’s Credit Risk Doubles by 2030 under Slower Climate Transition

In September 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its second economy-wide stress test, shedding light on the credit risks that European banks may face as a result of the ongoing climate transition....more

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Legal hot takes – the ECB’s Digital Euro

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The Digital Euro project is the European Central Bank’s (ECB) response to the changing landscape of consumer payments, driven by the rise of cryptocurrency, payment fintechs and electronic transactions. A Digital Euro would...more

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ECB Releases Results of 2022 Eurosystem Balance Sheet Climate Risk Stress Test

As part of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2021 action plan to incorporate climate change considerations into its monetary policy, the ECB conducted a climate risk stress test of the Eurosystem balance sheet in 2022. Those...more

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European Central Bank and European Banking Authority Comment on Revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards

In January 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) released their opinions on the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). As we have previously discussed, a...more

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Regulatory Monitoring - August 2022

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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. In addition, we prepare an overview of articles and court decisions published in German...more

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Regulatory Monitoring - June 2022

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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. In addition, we prepare an overview of articles and court decisions published in German...more

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European Central Bank Executive Board Member Decries “Crypto Gamble” and Echoing SEC Chair Gensler, Calls for Regulation of the...

In a speech given this week at Columbia University by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), he decried the entire “crypto gamble,” seeing crypto-assets as “bringing about instability...more

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European Commission Consults on Potential Digital Euro

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The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation on a possible digital euro. The EU is considering introducing a digital euro for retail payments, which would be available alongside cash. A decision has not yet...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, June 2021 #3

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CRR: ECB extends leverage ratio relief for banks until March 2022 due to COVID-19 The European Central Bank (ECB) has adopted a Decision on the temporary exclusion of certain exposures to central banks from the leverage ratio...more

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European Central Bank Publishes Guide to Assessment Methodology for Counterparty Credit Risk and Credit Valuation Adjustment Risk...

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The European Central Bank has published its final Guide on the assessment methodology it will use to examine: (i) the internal model methods banks use to calculate exposures to counterparty credit risk; and (ii) the advanced...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, July 2020

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Recent regulatory development focussing on banking and finance. Includes updates relating to COVID-19 regulatory response, CRR, and more....more

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European Central Bank Consults on Climate-Related and Environmental Risks Guide for Banks

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The European Central Bank has launched a consultation on its proposed guide on how Eurozone banks should manage and disclose climate-related and environmental risks in accordance with the EU prudential framework. The guide is...more

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COVID-19: European Central Bank Confirms Easing of Prudential Measures for Large Eurozone Banks

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The European Central Bank, Banking Supervision has published a letter addressed to the significant Eurozone banks that it directly prudentially supervises under the Single Supervisory Mechanism. The ECB, Banking Supervision,...more

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COVID-19: European Central Bank Recommends Suspension of Dividends by Large Eurozone Banks

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The European Central Bank has published an updated Recommendation requiring the largest Eurozone-based banks to suspend the payment of any dividends and buyback of shares until at least October 1, 2020. The Recommendation is...more

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Eurozone Supervisory Priorities for 2020

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The European Central Bank's Banking Supervision arm has published the 2020 supervisory priorities of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and a risk assessment for 2020. ECB Banking Supervision has identified the following risks...more

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European Central Bank Issues Statement on Liquidity of Euro Area Banks

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The European Central Bank has issued a statement on the results of its 2019 supervisory stress test. The European Central Bank is responsible for direct prudential supervision of certain significant banks based in the...more

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Decision on Eurozone Oversight of Systemically Important Payment Systems

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A Decision of the European Central Bank has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Decision supplements the ECB's Regulation on the oversight of systemically important payment systems. The Decision...more

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