On 8 December 2021, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the information that crowdfunding service providers shall provide to investors. The proposed requirements cover the method used for the calculation of credit scores and loan prices, the factors that the providers need to consider when carrying out a credit risk assessment and conducting a valuation of a loan, and the underlying policies and governance arrangements. The consultation runs until 8 March 2022.

The draft RTS have been developed according to Articles 19(7) of the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), which mandates the EBA to develop, in close cooperation with the European Securities and Market Authority, draft RTS to specify:

• The elements to be included in the information to investors with respect to the description of the method to calculate credit scores and pricing assigned to crowdfunding projects (Article 19(7)(a)).
• The information and factors that crowdfunding service providers shall consider when carrying out credit risk assessment and when conducting a loan valuation, as referred in Article 4(4) (Article 19(7)(b)).
• The factors that crowdfunding service providers shall take into account to ensure that the price of loans facilitated on its platform are fair and appropriate (Article 19(7)(c)).
• The content and governance of the policies and procedures required for the requirement specified in Article 19 and the risk management framework related to credit risk assessment as referred in Article 4(4)(f).