On 18 September 2026, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a guide to licence applications.
The guide is intended to be a practical tool and applies to all applications for a licence to become a credit institution under the Capital Requirements Regulation, including, but not limited to, initial authorisations for credit institutions
On 18 September 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a Final Report on guidelines on the sound management of third-party risk regarding non-ICT services.
In the Final Report, the EBA provides its response to feedback on its earlier consultation on the guidelines and sets out the final guidelines.
The guidelines are addressed
On 17 September 2026, the European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) supplementing the Capital Requirements Directive IV with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the booking arrangements that third-country branches are to apply for the purposes of Article 48h of that Directive. The Delegated Regulation enters into force on the
On 17 September 2026, the Single Resolution Board (SRB) issued Operational Guidance for Banks on Communication in Resolution, together with a Communication Testing Supplement to its Operational Guidance for Resolvability Testing for Banks.
Operational Guidance for Banks on Communication in Resolution
The guidance is applicable to banks under the SRB’s direct remit
On 15 September 2026, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) published its report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 on key information documents for packaged
On 11 September 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1221 of 4 June 2026 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards temporary targeted operational relief measures and targeted multipliers for the calculation of an institution’s own funds requirements
On 10 September 2026, the European Parliament reported that the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee had reached a broad compromise on the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR), Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
On 9 September 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its response (dated 8 September 2026) to the European Commission’s decision not to endorse the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 on the timing for the application for prior permission to reduce own funds and
3 August – 3 September 2026
ESG is changing the landscape for financial institutions as stakeholders, including investors, increasingly expect them to make their operations more sustainable.
Financial services regulators also view ESG as a priority, embedding the principles of climate-related financial risks into their supervisory frameworks and dealing with greenwashing issues.
There is
On 8 September 2026, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a Delegated Regulation amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108 as regards the criteria for the appointment of central contact points for crypto-asset service providers and rules on their functions. To ensure a consistent approach to the appointment of