EBA issues practitioners’ recommendations for euro instant payments requiring FX conversion

08 October 2024

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) released a recommendation note for euro instant payments requiring FX conversion.

The note was put together by a sub-group of the EBA Practitioners Group on Instant Payments, and spells out how foreign exchange (FX) experts and other payment practitioners understand the regulation obligations impacting these 24/7/365 real-time transactions.

Based on this understanding, the note provides practical recommendations for the operational handling of these transactions.

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Sneak preview: EBA stocktaking survey on cross-border payment initiatives

18 June 2024

In May 2024, the EBA ran a stocktaking survey on cross-border payment initiatives among its member banks. First findings from this survey are available in the following sneak preview slideset:

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Euro Banking Association publishes paper on navigating the path to embedded finance

18 June 2024

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released a report on “Navigating the path to embedded finance”.

The report is based on research by the EBA’s Open Finance Working Group (OFWG), which aims to provide guidance for EBA members to understand the fundamental mechanisms of embedded finance, grasp the opportunities it provides, identify promising embedded finance use cases and shape their own journey towards embedded finance.

The key objectives of the report are to spark, structure and inform a discussion about how financial institutions will likely be affected by the embedded finance trend and what a collaborative approach in this area could look like.

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EBA Board Report 2023

17 June 2024

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EBA Board elections 2024

17 June 2024

At the EBA Annual General Meeting 2023, EBA Board Member Krister Billing (SEB) was elected Deputy Chairperson. He succeeds José Vicente (Banco Comercial Português) who has retired from the EBA Board.

Furthermore, EBA Board members Yvonne Barrie (Bank of Ireland), Cristina Conde Yubero (CaixaBank), Claudio Magnaghi (Banco BPM), Simon McConnell (Citibank Europe) and Edwin Sanders (Rabobank) were re-elected for another three-year term.

 

 

Euro Banking Association issues updated version 5.0 of the EBA Fraud Taxonomy capturing latest trends in payment fraud

05 June 2024

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today issued version 5.0 of the EBA Fraud Taxonomy, which will take effect on 1 January 2025. The taxonomy offers a common pan-European vocabulary and categorisation approach to describe fraud scenarios related to all kinds of payments, including card transactions. It has been developed by the Association’s Expert Group on Payment Fraud-related Topics (EGPF) representing financial institutions from 15 European countries.

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Euro Banking Association publishes paper on identification of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

02 May 2024

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) announced today the publication of recommendations aimed at improving Know Your Customer (KYC) practices in the corporate-to-bank domain across Europe with regard to the identification and handling of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), their family members and close associates.

The new publication by the EBA Expert Group on KYC-related Topics (KYCEG) titled “EBA CBCS – Identification of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in the corporate-to-bank KYC process” is part of the Common Baseline Classification Standard recommendations series and available for download on the EBA website.

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EBA contributes articles to latest edition of Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems

12 April 2024

Volume 18 Number 1 of the Journal of Payments & Strategy Systems by Henry Stewart Publications contains two peer-reviewed articles by the EBA. In "A pan-European fraud taxonomy: Do you speak fraud?", Annick Moes and Meral Ruesing make the case for harmonising fragmented fraud terminologies and PSP-internal reporting requirements. Thomas Egner co-authored the article "Know your customer: Unravelling the challenges" which explores how EU member states can make a joint effort to help the financial industry prevent money laundering and combat the financing of terrorism more efficiently.

EBA launches the EBA Academy - a 360° payments training program

27 March 2024

The training program will provide participants with a comprehensive, detailed overview of the world of payments, including the context and concept, the relevant framework, and future developments. The training consists of the four modules, spanning four days, and is aimed at industry professionals (e.g., product managers, business analysts, payments IT professionals, sales/account managers or consultants).

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United we thrive: the untapped power of bank-fintech partnerships

12 December 2023

The rise of digital banking puts a premium on partnerships, but they require substantial investments and organisational changes from both parties. Together with Bain & Company, the EBA explores the key factors that contribute to a successful partnership. 

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EBA and EBA CLEARING mourn the loss of Gilbert Lichter

23 November 2023

The former Secretary General and CEO passed away on 20 November 2023.

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EBA interactive flyer 2023 now available

15 September 2023

The seven-pager presents information on the Euro Banking Association, its works streams and the topics they cover.

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EBA welcomes new Board member

06 September 2023

Edwin Sanders (Rabobank) has been appointed as an EBA Board member. As representative of the Dutch community, he is taking over from Han Joosten (Rabobank). Edwin’s appointment takes effect today, 6 September. EBA Chairman, Wolfgang Ehrmann, thanked Han Joosten for his great support of the Association’s activities and welcomed Edwin Sanders to his new position.

 

Open Banking for corporates: unlocking added value in transaction banking with APIs

27 June 2023

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) released a new report providing insight into the financial needs of corporates. The report explores the role of transaction banks and how application programming interface (API) technology could provide a viable solution for handling real-time and on-demand access to data and enable the digitisation of workflows as well as the centralisation of operations.

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EBA Board elections 2023

20 June 2023

At the EBA Annual General Meeting 2023, EBA Board members Nicola Coyne (Barclays Bank Plc), Philippe Debrue (Belfius Bank), Annika Osolanus (Nordea Bank) and Serge Wagener (Banque et Caisse d‘Epargne de l’Etat) were re-elected for another three-year term. Ronan Mauguen (Crédit Mutual ARKEA) was newly elected to represent the French community, taking over from François-Xavier Nivoit (HSBC Continental Europe).  

EBA Board Report 2022 is now available

19 June 2023

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Euro Banking Association issues version 4.0 of the EBA Fraud Taxonomy updated to capture latest trends in payment fraud

07 June 2023

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today issued version 4.0 of the EBA Fraud Taxonomy, which will take effect on 1 January 2024. The taxonomy equips fraud fighters with a standardised vocabulary and approach for harmonising the categories they use for the description of fraud types. It has been developed by the Association’s Expert Group on Payment Fraud-related Topics (EGPF) representing financial institutions from 15 European countries.

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IBAN-name checks can increase confidence in instant payments, but are not a universal solution

06 June 2023

IBAN-name checks can help to increase the attractiveness of instant payments within the EU, notably by increasing trust in the new mode of payment. But in order to effectively combat attempts at fraud and to bring about greater acceptance of instant payments Europe-wide, they need to be supplemented by further measures. The study “IBAN-name check: Current developments and concepts” co-authored by Strategy&, PwC’s global strategy consulting business, together with Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian National Bank, OeNB), Deutsche Bundesbank, and the Euro Banking Association (EBA) provides a broad expert view on the topic.

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Cyber Regulation E-Repository updated with new sections

29 March 2023

Among other updates, new sections on the Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA), Guidelines on Outsourcing, and the Cyber Risk Institute Profile were added to the Cyber Regulation E-Repository. The e-repository provides EBA members with easily digestible recaps of relevant cyber regulations and can be accessed here.

Euro Banking Association issues best practice recommendations towards harmonised KYC processes

07 March 2023

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) released recommendations on data verification for corporate-to-bank KYC in low-risk situations. Issued as a follow-up on its EBA Common Baseline Classification Standard (CBCS) released in April 2022, this new publication proposes a harmonised approach to corporate data collection and verification in know-your-customer (KYC) processes.

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Euro Banking Association report explores use of real-time data in corporate liquidity management

01 December 2022

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released a report on the use of real-time data in corporate liquidity management based on research by the EBA Liquidity Management Working Group (LMWG).

The aim of this paper is to provide insight into how some companies already use real-time data in the liquidity management space, and where they could potentially benefit from real-time data access. In doing so, the LMWG aims to highlight and clarify the opportunities for banks in this space as well as likely constraints.

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Euro Banking Association makes EBA Fraud Taxonomy publicly available to provide pan-European framework for fraud combatting

28 October 2022

The EBA Fraud Taxonomy, a pan-European taxonomy for payment fraud types, is now publicly available. The taxonomy provides a simplified and straightforward framework to describe fraud scenarios related to all kinds of payments, including card transactions. It helps banks and other payment service providers to harmonise the categories they use for the description of fraud types.

To request a free copy of the taxonomy, click here. For more information on the work of the EBA's Expert Group on Payment Fraud-related Topics, click here.

EBA holds its first Summer school after a three-year break

06 July 2022

The EBA has held its first Summer school after a three-year break as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The successful two-day Summer School, which ran from 4 July to 6 July 2022 took place in Nice, France, and was attended by 37 delegates and 11 lecturers. At the heart of discussions were rich data, emerging technologies, and the future of payments. Sponsored by Accenture, the EBA Summer School included a day’s visit at the Accenture Innovation Labs.

EBA publishes version 2.0 of note on impact of EU VAT Fraud Directive

30 June 2022

The EBA has published an updated version 2.0 of the note on the impact of the EU VAT Fraud Directive.

As of 1 January 2024, the Directive requires PSPs to keep records of, and make available to their national tax authority, data on cross-border payments – even those transacted within SEPA’s geographical scope. The aim is to enable tax authorities to carry out controls to achieve their objective of combatting value-added tax (VAT) fraud. The scope of the obligation includes all payment instruments, including credit transfers, direct debits and card payments (both credit and debit).

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EBA Board Elections 2022 

08 June 2022

At the Annual General Meeting 2022, Wolfgang Ehrmann of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen was re-elected as Chairman of the EBA Board.  

EBA Board Members Gerald Hechl (Raiffeisen Bank International), Andrea Meier (DZ BANK AG) and Krister Billing (SEB) were also re-elected for another term. 

Euro Banking Association report explores Open Banking for SMEs

31 May 2022

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released a report on the opportunities Open Banking provides for improving financial services offered to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). “Open Banking for SMEs – Enhancing financial services for the backbone of Europe’s economy” provides a comprehensive overview of the specific challenges facing the SME sector and how this diverse and heterogenous customer segment can be better served through tailored financial services and value-added offerings based on Open Banking.

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EBA Board Report 2021 is now available

30 May 2022

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EBA CBCS – Common Baseline Classification Standard for Corporate-to-Bank KYC in low-risk situations

11 April 2022

Today, the EBA released the ““EBA CBCS – Common Baseline Classification Standard for Corporate-to-Bank KYC in low-risk situations”. Created and promoted by practitioners, this classification standard consists of a harmonised set of datapoints for a standard corporate-to-bank KYC process in low-risk situations. It is aimed at being used at a pan-European level and at supporting a uniform customer experience across Europe.

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Euro Banking Association report takes a deep dive into new forms of digital money

17 March 2022

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released a report on current developments in digital money, such as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and stablecoins. The report provides a comprehensive overview of these new forms of digital money and how banks can prepare themselves for their implementation and adoption. 

The report covers Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and privately issued stablecoins (either bank or third-party issued), both of which have become increasingly topical over the past year.

 

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EBA Member Portal now displays your institution’s participants in EBA workstreams

17 December 2021

EBA Member Portal now displays your institution’s participants in EBA workstreams

The EBA is introducing a new feature in the EBA Member Portal to give you greater visibility on your organisation's participation in EBA workstreams.

The new feature allows you to quickly and easily gain an overview of all colleagues in your institution that hold a contact role within the EBA. It enables you to see who participates in which expert or working group.

To access this overview, EBA Members are kindly invited to log in to the EBA Member Portal. The new feature is available in the navigation menu under "Your Company's Roles in the EBA".

Please contact us at association@abe-eba.eu if you have any questions or wish to enquire about joining EBA groups that your organisation may not yet be a member of.

Request to pay, digital currencies and the need to prioritise wisely - new video available

11 October 2021

Thomas Egner, Secretary General of the Euro Banking Association, explains during Sibos 2021 why progress on request to pay will depend on more industry coordination and gives an overview of the Association’s work on digital currencies.

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The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Liquidity Management Ecosystem: Where to go from here

04 August 2021

The EBA Liquidity Management Working Group published their latest report. The short paper highlights the major trends in the liquidity management ecosystem that the pandemic helped crystallise and outlines the questions that financial institutions will have to address as they continue to support their corporate clients.

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José Vicente appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Euro Banking Association

01 July 2021

EBA Member Representatives also elected five other members to the Board of the pan-European payments association

José Vicente (Banco Comercial Português) was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Euro Banking Association (EBA) by the EBA Member Representatives on 25 June 2021 for a three-year term of office. José Vicente succeeds Vincent Brennan of Bank of Ireland, whose term of office ended in June.

In addition, five other Board positions were up for election. The EBA Member Representatives re-appointed Han Joosten of Rabobank, Claudio Magnaghi of Banco BPM and Simon McConnell of Citibank Europe. Sharon Donnelly of Bank of Ireland and Rocío Jiménez Sánchez of CaixaBank were elected as new Board members. Rocío Jiménez Sánchez succeeds Fernando Lardiés of Banco Santander, who concluded his term in June.

On 3 May 2021, Andrea Meier of DZ BANK had also joined the EBA Board, succeeding Jürgen Wendt, also of DZ BANK.

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Ready for digital – a bank operating model for digital and Open Banking readiness

28 June 2021

The Euro Banking Association’s (EBA) Open Banking Working Group released a new report today that explores a reference operating model for banks on their way to digital readiness. The report covers both the implications of digital readiness at large, and the specific requirements for successfully initiating Open Banking on an operating model level. The research of the working group was enriched by the input of digital and Open Banking experts within the EBA member community, including digital leaders from 12 major European banks.

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EBA Board Report is now available

28 June 2021

Download the Report of the Board to learn more about the EBA's activities in 2020.

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Euro Banking Association report highlights where corporate experts see the value of request to pay

25 June 2021

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released a report on the corporate perspective on request to pay. The report is based on the EBA Request to Pay Survey that ran between September 2020 and February 2021 and was delivered in cooperation with PPI and with the support of an expert group of bank practitioners. The EBA surveyed over 100 corporate experts from 20 countries and conducted additional one-on-one interviews to find out how businesses would like to use request to pay and where they see its value.

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EBA at a glance - interactive flyer available

06 May 2021

In a new, interactive design, the seven-pager presents information on the EBA, its works streams and the topics they cover.

 

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EBA Insight Newsletter April 2021 now available

29 April 2021

The new issue of the EBA Insight Newsletter is now available for download on the EBA Member Portal.

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EBA Cryptocurrencies, Smart Payments and Stablecoins Working Group releases new report

08 March 2021

The report gives an overview of the recent developments in digital currencies and explores how they can be integrated with the existing financial system. The report concludes with an assessment of how banks and other PSPs can take advantage of the opportunities and manage the challenges that the adoption of digital currencies will present. 

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Euro Banking Association welcomes first Premium Ecosystem Partners

08 February 2021

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) announced today that seven of its existing Ecosystem Partners – ACI Worldwide (EMEA), Accenture, Fiserv, Mastercard, Microsoft UK, Montran Corporation and S.W.I.F.T. SC – have opted to be upgraded to the status of Premium Ecosystem Partners for 2021. The Premium Ecosystem Partner membership is a new membership category that the EBA has created to better respond to more comprehensive needs and interests of industry players with regard to the Association’s thought leadership, educational and networking activities.

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EBA and McKinsey issue joint white paper on future of banks in payments

25 November 2020

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) and McKinsey & Company published a joint white paper on the future of banks in payments today at EBAday 2020. The paper seeks to prompt a constructive debate on the future of banks in European payments and to ultimately launch a call for action on industry change.

 

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SMART2 releases publications on fraud information field for instant payments and abuse potential of closed-loop cards

24 November 2020

The SCT Inst Migration Action Round Table (SMART2), a forum facilitated by the Euro Banking Association (EBA), announced the release of two new publications on the detection and prevention of payment fraud. The paper on the fraud potential of gift cards seeks to raise awareness of the different abuse scenarios and help reduce fraud in the future. The recommendation note on the optional pan-European fraud information field for the SCT Inst Scheme explains why a field that allows to share contextual information about a payment transaction between the originator and beneficiary PSPs would be helpful and how it should be used.

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EBA Insight Newsletter October 2020

29 October 2020

The October 2020 issue of the EBA Insight Newsletter is now available for download. 

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Liquidity Management Working Group publishes new report

28 October 2020

The EBA Liquidity Management Working Group released their new report today, entitled "Enhancing liquidity management with the support of advanced data analytics". The report explores what corporates need to do in order to expand their use of data analytics and how their banks can support them.

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EBA Request to Pay Survey now open

05 August 2020

The EBA, with the support of PPI, has launched a survey to gather input from businesses on request to pay. Specifically, the survey is aimed at gathering input from businesses on how they would like to use request to pay, which pain points it should solve and which benefits it should deliver for their payment, accounting and other internal processes as well as for their customers.

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Open Banking Working Group publishes new report

30 July 2020

The EBA Open Banking Working Group (OBWG) released a new report today, entitled “Digital Trust and the Banking Sector: Towards a Trust Advantage in the Digital Economy”. The report explores how digital transformation and increasing openness impact both trust in the financial sector and the trust relationship with customers. Offering recommendations on what financial institutions can do to build and leverage their trust advantage now, the working group identifies points of action in the age of digital transformation.

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EBA Board Report 2019 now available

06 July 2020

To download the EBA Board Report 2019, click here. 

EBA Insight Newsletter April 2020

15 April 2020

The April 2020 issue of the EBA Insight Newsletter is now available. Visit the EBA Member Portal to download your copy.

Bank experts across Europe seek clarification on e-money definition and related fraud reporting requirements

21 January 2020

Banks from nine EU countries have endorsed a note seeking clarification on the definition of e-money transactions and the related fraud reporting requirements issued by the European Banking Authority.

 

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EBA educational events well received in 2019

21 November 2019

With the last educational event of 2019 drawing to a close, the EBA takes positive stock of its educational offerings.

Throughout the year, the EBA organised four educational events that attracted a total of 101 delegates: the Liquidity Management Seminar, the Summer School, the Global Seminar and the Winter School.

The EBA has been running its educational programme continuously since 2008. With an average class size between 25 and 40, the courses allow for interactive, hands-on group work. Presentations by the EBA faculty - senior experts from banks, universities, corporations, law firms, consultancies, or IT and infrastructure providers - provide the delegates with new insights into key business, technology and regulatory developments.

The EBA plans to organise further educational events in 2020.

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From real-time treasury to smart payments – new reports by Euro Banking Association stress collaboration needs as financial ecosystems adapt to instant payments and digitalisation

19 September 2019

At its Global Seminar on “Real-Time Payments and Open Banking: New Realities, New Challenges” today, the Euro Banking Association (EBA) presented the latest research delivered by its working groups on liquidity management and on cryptotechnologies and smart payments.

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SMART2 issues recommendation note with best practices to support PSPs in detecting and combatting fraud

18 June 2019

The SCT Inst Migration Action Round Table (SMART2) has published a recommendation note with best practices to support payment service providers (PSPs) in detecting and combatting fraud. The note was put together and endorsed by 15 account-servicing payment service providers (AS-PSPs) from 11 communities operating across SEPA.

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Jointly developed AI systems hold great potential for tackling common security issues says new Euro Banking Association report

17 June 2019

In time for EBAday 2019, the Euro Banking Association’s Open Banking Working Group has delivered a new report on the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for collective use cases in data analytics.

While much industry focus is currently put on the use of AI at the level of individual institutions, this report zooms in on the collective benefits that could be generated by jointly developed AI systems in the era of open banking.

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EBA Board Elections 2019

17 June 2019

At the Annual General Meeting 2019, the EBA member representatives re-elected Wolfgang Ehrmann of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen as Chairman. Vincent Brennan of Bank of Ireland was re-elected as Deputy Chairman. 

Three Board members whose terms of office terminated in 2019 had renewed their candidacy for another term and were re-elected by the member representatives: Krister Billing of SEB, Gerald Hechl of Raiffeisen Bank International and Jürgen Wendt of DZ BANK.

EBA Board Report 2018 now available

17 June 2019

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EBA Insight Newsletter April 2019

30 April 2019

The April 2019 issue of EBA Insight - the newsletter for the EBA community - is now available for download. 

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Euro Banking Association report explores how banks can harness technology to help improve the corporate liquidity management ecosystem

30 April 2019

Technology already plays an important role on both sides of the liquidity management
ecosystem and corporate reliance on technology is likely to increase in the future across
the whole range of liquidity management tasks.

Against this background, the Euro Banking Association’s (EBA) Liquidity Management
Working Group explores how banks can harness technology to help improve the
corporate liquidity management ecosystem.

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European fraud experts call for consolidation of EBA and ECB fraud reporting requirements

09 April 2019

In order to ensure a uniform, consolidated and stable approach to fraud reporting across all member states of the European Union, European fraud experts are calling on EU regulators to put on hold the implementation of the EBA Guidelines on Fraud Reporting under PSD2 until the entry into force of the revised ECB Regulation on Payments Statistics. 

A recommendation note delivered through workshops supported by the Euro Banking Association sets forth recommended steps to minimise fragmentation risks and ensure both maximal legal certainty and longer-term viability for the implementation programmes that payment service providers and their national competent authorities are currently putting in place for fraud reporting.

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Data is the new superpower of the financial services world

07 February 2019

Thomas Egner, Secretary General, Euro Banking Association and Markus Rupprecht, CEO, Traxpay discuss how the world of Payments is undergoing a paradigm shift towards the collection and strategic use of data. Partnering with FinTechs is one way to help banks leverage the power of information around corporate’s financial transactions and data. Egner and Rupprecht conclude that digital service experiences and service options can be created for better customer experiences and strengthened business relationships.

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EBA Insight Newsletter December 2018

14 December 2018

The December 2018 issue of EBA Insight - the newsletter for the EBA community - is now available for download. 

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SMART2 issues two guidance notes to help solve practical issues that PSPs are facing in the SCT Inst ramp-up phase

25 October 2018

The SCT Inst Migration Action Round Table (SMART2) has published two recommendation notes put together and endorsed by account-servicing payment service providers (AS-PSPs) operating across SEPA. The two notes are aimed to help remedy practical issues hampering the smooth handling of euro instant payments. The notes were published today at the Sibos conference in Sydney and are available for download on the website of the Euro Banking Association, which supports the SMART2 group.

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Euro Banking Association explores how cryptotechnologies can help financial institutions improve regulatory compliance

23 October 2018

The use of cryptotechnologies such as distributed ledger technology (DLT) for RegTech holds considerable potential for improving regulatory compliance processes. In their latest report, presented today at the Sibos 2018 conference, the Euro Banking Association’s (EBA) Cryptotechnologies Working Group explores how cryptotechnology-based RegTech solutions could be particularly attractive for KYC data management and regulatory reporting.

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First EBA educational event in Asia

17 October 2018

The EBA offered its first educational event in Asia this year. 31 participants met in Singapore on 17 and 18 October to discuss the realities, chances and challenges of real-time payments and open banking in Asia and in Europe. 

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EBA Lounge at EBAday 2018: Presentation Schedule

05 June 2018

The EBA working groups will present their latest research at the EBA Lounge during the scheduled breaks in the main conference agenda.

Open Forum on Pan-European Instant Payments slides available for download

24 April 2018

The presentation slides shown at the Open Forum on Pan-Europan Instant Payments on 17 April are now available for download.

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PSD2 Practitioners’ Panel publishes updated version of PSD2 national transposition overview

23 February 2018

The matrix covers key questions around the transposition activities and dates of the different EEA countries. Should you be aware of any changes to the overview, please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact form.

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Open Forum on Open Banking slides available for download

08 December 2017

The presentation slides shown at the Open Forum on Open Banking on 5 December are now available for download.

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New EBA publications look into PSD2 and DLT technology driven opportunities for new and enhanced customer propositions

17 October 2017

Both publications are based on in-depth reseach and expertise of the multi-national membership of the EBA working groups on Open Banking and Cryptotechnologies.

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PSD2 Practitioners’ Panel publishes guidance note on the issuing and handling of charge codes by AS-PSPs

04 September 2017

The PSD2 Practitioners’ Panel has published a guidance note on the issuing and handling of charge codes by AS-PSPs as well as of charge requests in the inter-PSP space. The PSD2 Practitioners’ Panel participants endorsing the note have agreed on issuing the guidance based on their shared understanding of the relevant PSD2 provisions and established inter-PSP practices.

EBA Global Seminar and EBA Winter School 2017 open for registration

06 July 2017

After successfully finishing the EBA Summer School 2017 “Payments: The Open Banking Era”, which was attended by 41 delegates, the EBA now turns its focus to the two upcoming educational events, the EBA Global Seminar on Real-Time Payments and the EBA Winter School on Correspondent Banking. For more information on these events, or to register an interest, please click here .

EBAday 2017 counts more than 1,500 registered participants

28 June 2017

Payments practitioners from Europe and beyond gathered under the headline "The Age of Discovery - towards full payments digitalisation". The flagship event of the Euro Banking Association took place in Dublin from 20th to 21st June 2017. More than 1,500 participants registered for the event, which counted 21 Sponsors and 72 Exhibitors, including 16 Fintech companies who used the opportunity to showcase their work.

New EBA Summer School 2017

04 April 2017

The EBA is organising a Summer School on "Payments: The Open Banking Era" in Sophia Antipolis, France, from 4th to 6th July 2017.

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SMART issues updated overview table on local practices and products in post-migration SEPA

22 December 2016

SMART has published an updated version of the overview table on local practices, products and requirements in post-migration SEPA.

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EBA to continue organising educational events in 2017

12 December 2016

Due to the success of the 2016 EBA Summer and Winter Schools, which attracted 52 and 44 delegates, respectively, the EBA plans to organise further educational events in 2017.

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Open Forum on Pan-European Instant Payments slides available for download

16 November 2016

The presentation slides shown at the Open Forum on Pan-European Instant Payments on 15th November are now available for download.

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EBA publishes “PSD2 impact areas, practical issues and open questions”

26 September 2016

The key topics for account-servicing PSPs as identified by an EBA membership survey are now available for download.

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The Euro Banking Association launches an open forum on Open Banking

26 September 2016

The Board of the Euro Banking Association (EBA) has decided to initiate an open forum for banks, Fintechs and other stakeholders to exchange their views and experiences on the various issues related to implementing PSD2 and creating an Open Banking environment.

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Euro Banking Association confirms focus on open banking and regulatory changeover topics at Annual Ordinary General Meeting

07 June 2016

In a European payments landscape that is undergoing large-scale transformation, the Euro Banking Association (EBA) will continue to pursue its Thought Leadership, Knowledge & Research, Industry Dialogue and Networking & Education activities with the objective to support its members and the wider industry in embracing this transformation.

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Open Forum slides available for download

13 May 2016

The presentation slides shown at the Open Forum on Pan-European Instant Payments on 3rd May are now available for download.

Presentation slides Open Forum 3rd May 2015

Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance

09 March 2016

The EBA has published Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance, which have been agreed in a joint initiative of key organisations operating in this field. The document aims to provide a common understanding of terminology, nomenclature and techniques related to supply chain finance.

full press release

FAQ to Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance

New EBA Summer School 2016

29 February 2016

The EBA is organising an EBA Summer School on " The ABC of Digital Payments Transformation – Everything you always wanted to know about the changing payments landscape" in Sophia Antipolis, France from 5th to 7th July 2016.

For more information, please click here

Open Forum slides available for download

20 November 2015

The presentation slides shown at the Open Forum on Pan-European Instant Payments, which took place on 17th November 2015, are now available for download.

Presentation slides Open Forum 17th November 2015

Sibos community session slides available for download

22 October 2015

The presentation slides shown at the EBA community session “EBA’s vision for payments in 2020” at Sibos are now available for download.

EBA’s vision for payments in 2020

New EBA Liquidity Management Seminar 2015

17 August 2015

The EBA is organising a seminar on "Managing Intra-Day Liquidity and Liquidity Risk" in Frankfurt, Germany, on 2nd and 3rd November 2015.

Download the brochure

SMART issues overview tables on niche products and non-euro EEA country migration

14 July 2015

SMART has published overview tables on the implications related to the phasing out of niche products as well as with regard to the SEPA migration end-date for non-euro EEA countries.

AGM presentation slides available for download

15 May 2015

EBA Member Representatives can access the presentation slides shown at the Annual General Meeting by clicking here.

EBAday 2015 consolidates its position as the leading payments conference in Europe

13 May 2015

Almost 900 delegates attended EBAday “Payments 2020 – From Vision to Action” in Amsterdam. Over 70 speakers shared their views on the current state of payments with the audience, alongside a sold-out exhibition floor. For further information, and to download the slides shown during the event, please visit www.ebaday.eu.

Euro Banking Association provides insights into highly topical issues impacting today’s and tomorrow’s electronic payments landscape

12 May 2015

An opinion paper on the Digital Customer Services Interface (DCSI) and an information paper on cryptotechnologies have been issued by the EBA’s Working Group on Electronic Alternative Payments.

Press release: Euro Banking Association provides insights into highly topical issues impacting today’s and tomorrow’s electronic payments landscape

Cryptotechnologies, a major IT innovation and catalyst for change

Opinion Paper on exploring the Digital Customer Services Interface

New EBA Summer School 2015

24 March 2015

The EBA is organising a Summer School on "Payments – What is the real-time imperative?" in Sophia Antipolis, France, from 7th to 9th July 2015.

EBA Summer School brochure

EBA launches Open Forum on pan-European Instant Payments

06 March 2015

The EBA is launching an Open Forum on pan-European Instant Payments where practitioners from member institutions as well as other stakeholders have the opportunity to exchange views and experiences in relation to the development and delivery of instant payment services in euro at a pan-European level.

Launch of Open Forum on Pan-European Instant Payments

SMART publishes overview "Local practices, products and requirements in post-migration SEPA"

25 February 2015

The SEPA Migration Action Round Table (SMART) has published an overview of the country-specific particularities that create local flavours in the customers’ payment experience and may represent obstacles affecting the seamless exchange of euro retail credit transfers and direct debits from a single payment account with counterparties across Europe.

SMART: Local practices, products and requirements in post-migration SEPA

EPC publishes new versions of SDD Rulebooks

09 February 2015

The European Payments Council (EPC) published the SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) Core Rulebook version 9.0 and SDD Business to Business Rulebook version 7.0 taking effect in November 2016

Press release EPC

Appointment of new EBA Board Members

28 January 2015

The Board of the Euro Banking Association (EBA) appointed Henrik Bergman (SEB), Frank Hubloue (Belfius Bank) and Jürgen Wendt (DZ BANK) as new Board members.

List of EBA Board Members

New EBA Winter School in 2015

27 November 2014

The EBA is organising a Winter School "Anticipating the Changing Needs of Corporate Customers" in Wolfsberg, Switzerland, from 17th to 19th February 2015.

EBA Winter School 2015 Brochure

Updated SMART's BIC validation note now also covers SDDs

08 September 2014

The SEPA Migration Action Round Table (SMART) has published an updated version of the BIC validation note which now also covers SDDs. SMART recommends receiving banks not to validate the BIC of the sending bank against any external directory when a SCT or SDD is received through a SEPA CSM.

SMART BIC validation note version 2.0

New EBA Liquidity Management Seminar

08 July 2014

The EBA is organising a Liquidity Seminar "Managing Intra-Day Liquidity and Liquidity Risk" in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 14th and 15th October 2014.

Best-attended EBAday ever

12 June 2014

With almost 800 registrations, EBAday 2014 in Helsinki broke an attendance record.

SEPA Migration Action Round Table to continue work

11 June 2014

The SEPA Migration Action Round Table (SMART) continues its work on clarifying, fine-tuning and, where necessary, defining interbank practices with a view to ensuring a smooth completion of SEPA migration across Europe.

EBA publishes analyses on Supply Chain Finance topics and alternative electronic payments

11 June 2014

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) published today recent results of its research and analysis work on Supply Chain Finance topics and alternative electronic payments. An updated SCF market guide as well as opinion papers on digital identity and user requirements for next generation electronic payments have been issued for EBAday.

To read the press release issued today, please click here

Please click here for further information on the opinion papers

To download the extended and updated Supply Chain Finance guide, please click here

Rise in EBAday registrations

28 May 2014

More than 700 delegates have already registered for the upcoming EBAday conference and exhibition (10-11 June 2014). The EBA expects over 800 delegates to attend the event.

EBA collaborates with International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission on SCF terminology

02 May 2014

Five leading business associations, including the Euro Banking Association, have joined forces with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission to undertake a major project to harmonise market terminology for global supply chain finance products and services.

Please click here for further information

EU publishes final text of Regulation (EU) No 248/2014

21 March 2014

The final text of “Regulation (EU) No 248/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 concerning the migration to Union-wide credit transfers and direct debits” has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Please click here for further information

Latest version of the SMART overview table on SEPA transition period arrangements

27 February 2014

The latest version of the SMART overview table on SEPA transition period arrangements across the Eurozone can be found in the SMART section. A repository of official statements and documents issued by the different communities can be found here, with translations available to EBA members and SMART participants.

For press information, please contact:

Annick Moes
Head of Communications
E-Mail: a.moes@abe-eba.eu
Phone: +49 1511 6311 526