Banking in Europe: Autumn blues
Worried about Deutsche Bank? Alas, there’s little to cheer elsewhere Queasy calm is unpleasant, but it beats sickening panic. Late on September 29th Deutsche Bank’s share price lurched downwards again, to a 34-year low, [...]
EBA consults on ICT risk
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines on the assessment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risk in the context of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process [...]
Deutsche Bank: Won’t pay! Can’t pay?
A $14 billion demand from America adds to the German lender’s troubles Bills for pre-crisis buccaneering are still coming in. Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, confirmed on September 15th that America’s Department of Justice [...]
EBA consults on technical standards on fee terminology
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation paper on draft technical standards setting out the standardised terminology for services linked to a payment account, the standardised format and common symbol of both [...]
European banks still stressed out
Stress-test results do little to dampen worries about Italy’s lenders ANY big announcement about banks made after the markets close for the weekend is bound to bring back dark memories of the 2007-08 financial [...]
EBA recommends introducing the Leverage Ratio in the EU
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its report on the impact assessment and calibration of the Leverage Ratio (LR), recommending the introduction of a LR minimum requirement in the EU to mitigate the [...]