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During the recent economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the more recent inflation surge, the EU banking system proved resilient and continued to provide lending to the real economy. In addition to the support provided to the economy by the...
The banking sector is a vital part of the economy, but what happens when a bank fails? The Single Resolution Board’s (SRB) mission is to ensure financial stability and protect taxpayers amid evolving challenges in the banking industry. During his recent...
- For the first time, the SRB publishes report on resolution planning and crisis management for smaller banks, known as less significant institutions (LSIs)
- Report examines key developments in LSI sector, gives account of NRAs’ resolution planning and crisis...
SRB in 5 - Tuija Taos as the SRB's newest Board Member talks to us about her first impressions, the resolution planning cycle, gender and diversity and many more issues!
This spring the European Commission initiated changes with respect to the potential resolution of banks. In addition to natural persons, depositor protection is to be extended to schools, hospitals, municipalities and other public institutions. When are...
Dominique Laboureix says Single Resolution Board moving to new phase of work on euro zone banks
The head of the euro-area agency that deals with bank failures has said he is “reasonably comfortable” with the recovery plans Irish banks have drawn up in the...
- The SRB publishes its second assessment of banks’ resolvability across the Banking Union
- Good progress made to date on key priorities and in building up loss-absorbing capacity
The Single Resolution Board has today published the results of its annual...
Liquidity is central to successful crisis management. Banks depend on trust. If customers lack confidence that their funds will be available on demand, a spiraling liquidity crisis may develop. Such a crisis can potentially drive fire sales of assets to...
The banking turmoil in the US and Switzerland earlier this year had plenty of noteworthy aspects. First Republic Bank, which collapsed shortly after Silicon Valley Bank, was the largest bank to fail since the great financial crisis, while Credit Suisse...
The Treaty of Rome, signed in 1957, established the single market and outlined a roadmap towards full freedom of movement of capital. Since then, the completion of this roadmap has been a multigenerational effort that continues to this day.
After almost...
The European Central Bank and the Single Resolution Board have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the exchange of certain types of confidential statistical information, in order to improve analysis related to bank resolution.
The MoU is an...
The SRB publishes today its MREL dashboard for Q1.2023. The MREL dashboard presents the evolution of MREL targets and shortfalls for resolution (external MREL) and non-resolution entities (internal MREL) as well as the level and composition of resources...
Our fourth podcast episode features SRB Chair Dominique Laboureix, who talks to host Susan Carroll about his first months in the role, lessons learned from the recent banking crises and his tips for medieval architecture gems to visit in Belgium.
Laboureix disputes Swiss claim that G-Sibs are not resolvable, but wants improvements to framework
When banks fail, the outcome is inevitably messy. The post-2008 regulatory framework for resolving banks was designed stop a failure turning into a...
- 2023 marks end of ‘build-up’ phase of SRF
- Emergency fund, paid for by banks, can help resolve a failing bank
- Every bank, big or small, operating across the 21-country Banking Union pays contribution to this key instrument for financial stability
Tod...
The SRB today published its Annual Report for 2022. The report details the work of Europe’s Single Resolution Board and highlights the progress made in making Europe’s banking sector more stable, by ensuring all of the SRB’s banks make themselves...
Europe’s bank resolution authority is pushing policymakers to provide more “firepower” to protect depositors and rethink how lenders are wound down after recent failures underscored the need for swift and decisive action in a crisis.
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- New guidance builds on previously issued “Expectations for banks”
- Targets banks’ capacity to measure and report liquidity in resolution
Today. 16 June, the SRB published new guidance on liquidity in resolution data for 115 of Europe’s largest banks[...
Politicians are afraid that "their" banks will pay for failing banks in other countries if there were a European deposit guarantee scheme.But through the Single...
MREL policy
The SRB has decided to maintain its policy on the calibration of MREL (total and subordinated component) with minimal changes this year. “We aim to provide a stable regulatory environment in a phase where some banks are still building up...
- No impact on ongoing requests and permissions already granted by the SRB.
- The Delegated Regulation mirrors the EBA draft RTS, except for the procedure for institutions with minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) equal to the...
The European crisis management framework is a strong, flexible framework that is well-designed to manage bank failure. However, work remains to be done to enhance the framework. I will focus on two key issues: ensuring we have the options needed to manage...
The EU’s resolution authority is investigating how to adjust to the pressure from digital bank runs, which accelerated the failures of U.S. lenders in March.
Dominique Laboureix, the chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), which works to prevent and...
- Proposed legislative changes seen as important and pragmatic step forward
- ECB and SRB ready to provide technical input on proposals to ensure consistent and workable framework
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Single Resolution Board (SRB)...