The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Guidelines on Supervisory Independence under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). The Guidelines further clarify the arrangements that competent authorities should have in place to prevent and manage conflicts of interest involving both their staff and the members of their governance bodies. These arrangements include declarations of interest, limitations on trading of financial instruments and cooling-oof restrictions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has decided to partially delete sections of its Guidelines on connected clients, following the entry into force of new, directly applicable EU legislation. The changes ensure continued clarity, consistency and alignment in the framework used by credit institutions to identify groups of connected clients.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the 2026 update of the list of closely correlated currencies, which is used for the calculation of capital requirements for foreign exchange risk under the standardised approach. The update has been carried out in line with the methodology and procedure set out in the applicable Implementing Technical Standards (ITS). The revised list has been submitted to the European Commission for endorsement.