On 29 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Final Report containing supervisory guidelines on practices for Member State competent authorities (NCAs) to prevent and detect market abuse under the Regulation in markets in crypto assets (MiCA).
Objective
The guidelines apply to NCAs and are
On 25 April 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a Final Report containing draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108 on the criteria for the appointment of central contact points for electronic money issuers (EMIs) and payment service providers (PSPs) and with
On 25 April 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced the publication of an ESG dashboard.
Background
The ESG dashboard is based on information disclosed by banks as part of their Pillar 3 ESG disclosures.
It covers climate risk, both from a transition and a physical perspective.
The indicators show the spectrum of
Background
The creation of this dedicated channel was announced in the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) Communication adopted on 19 March 2025.
Next steps
The Commission will regularly monitor the feedback, which it will use in its ongoing efforts to tackle existing obstacles to financial market integration and free movement of capital, with
On 23 April 2025, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a letter from its chair, Klaas Knot, to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of their meeting on 23-24 April.
In the letter Mr Knot reflects on the progress made in addressing global challenges to financial stability and outlines priorities for
On 23 April 2025, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV) with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the general conditions for the functioning of supervisory colleges, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/98.
Background
Article 51(4) of the
On 23 April 2025, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the conditions and indicators that the European Banking Authority (EBA) is to use to determine whether extraordinary circumstances in the sense of Article 325az(5)
On 15 April 2025, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation on the integration of European Union (EU) capital markets. The aim of the consultation is to collect feedback on obstacles to financial market integration across the EU and it is part of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU
On 16 April 2025, a Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2024/1623 of 31 May 2024 (CRR3) amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor was published in the Official Journal of the EU.
The Corrigendum concerns an amendment to
On 16 April 2025, Directive (EU) 2025/794 of 14 April 2025 amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements was published in the Official Journal of the EU.
The Directive, which is known as the ‘Stop-the-clock’ Directive