Norway mortgage demand rises as rates fall, central bank survey shows
OSLO (Reuters) - Demand for mortgages in Norway rose significantly in the second quarter, a sharp turnaround from earlier this year amid lower interest rates that drove an upturn in the housing market, a [...]
Banks say they are tightening lending standards even as demand for money falls
Banks are tightening lending standards across the board despite lower demand and as the Federal Reserve encourages lending. They said in a Fed survey that they are lowering credit limits and demanding higher minimum [...]
Regulators ease no-deal Brexit fears in funds sector
LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators in Britain and the European Union said they have dusted off their no-deal Brexit agreements to avoid disruption in cross-border asset management. Britain left the EU in January, but unfettered [...]
EBA launches additional EU-wide transparency exercise
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today an additional EU-wide transparency exercise to provide market participants with updated information on the financial conditions of EU banks as of 31 December 2019, prior to the [...]
EBA issues updated list of validation rules and related taxonomy to improve data quality
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today an updated list of validation rules and XBRL taxonomy related to its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. This update aims to improve data quality issues for [...]
EBA updates its guidelines on fraud reporting under PSD2
The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today an amendment to its 2018 guidelines on fraud reporting under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The changes reflect some consequential amendments to the reporting templates under [...]