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We are deeply saddened by the tragic gas incident that occurred at the Single Resolution Board's Treurenberg premises in Brussels on Friday afternoon, 14 August.

All SRB staff had been safely evacuated from the building before the explosions occurred.
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The Single Resolution Board has today published the results of its annual resolvability assessment, covering the year 2025. The report takes stock of banks’ progress on resolution capabilities.  It also marks an important milestone in the transition...

The Single Resolution Board (SRB) today publishes its Operational Guidance for banks on Business Reorganisation Plan Analysis Reports alongside a complementary quantitative template. The documents provide banks with a consolidated, transparent framework...

The SRB today publishes its MREL Dashboard for H2 2025 which shows that banks continue to meet their MREL targets. MREL aims to ensure that a bank maintains sufficient loss-absorbing capacity to ensure that in resolution its shareholders and creditors...

From a crisis management perspective, the SRB appreciates the report's comprehensive approach, blending simplification with measures to foster market integration, from deposit insurance to liquidity in resolution. This aligns with the SRB view that...

The Single Resolution Board published today its Annual Report for 2025. This is the second reporting on the implementation of the SRM Vision 2028 strategy highlighting the progress made by the SRB to make the European banking sector more resolvable and...

In the context of its simplification strategy, the Single Resolution Board (SRB) introduces a new procedure, effective as of 1 July, to speed up authorisations of the early redemptions of eligible liabilities instruments (“prior permissions”). From now on...

On 12 June 2026 from 13:00 to 15:00, the SRB held a technical meeting to present the Operational guidance for banks on liquidity and funding in resolution currently under consultation, highlight key aspects where feedback would be appreciated, and provide...

• The SRB plans to update its guidance on expectations for banks on liquidity and funding in resolution to incorporate lessons from practical application and the 2023 banking turmoil.

• While not contemplating new deliverables, key updates cover (i) the scope...

This note is aimed at reporting to the Eurogroup of May 2026 on:

1. Resolvability update and operational crisis readiness
2. Resilience as a key ingredient for competitiveness 
3. Emerging risks 
4. Conclusions

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The SRB welcomes today’s publication of the Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance (CMDI) reform in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union. This marks a key milestone in strengthening the EU’s crisis management framework and reinforcing...

The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has submitted its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the competitiveness of the EU banking sector.

The consultation provides a timely opportunity to reflect on how the EU framework can support both...

SRB Chair Dominique Laboureix is taking part in the Trilateral Principal Level Exercise (TPLE) in Washington on 18 April 2026, joining heads of resolution, regulatory and supervisory authorities, central banks, and finance ministries of the United States...

The establishment of the single rulebook, together with the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) and the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), represents a major step forward in European financial integration. These reforms have significantly reduced...

The SRB opens today its first Economic Conference, bringing together policy-makers, banking practitioners and leading academics to discuss key issues shaping financial stability. The two-day event focuses on academic research on bank crisis and resolution...