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EBA updates confidentiality on monitoring non-EU jurisdictions for EU banking stability

Thursday, 18 December 2025 1:54PM UTC

The European Banking Authority has published an updated confidential report and a public summary assessing regulatory changes in 26 non-EU jurisdictions, signalling a tightening of surveillance to safeguard EU banks' cross-border exposures amid methodological upgrades and ongoing monitoring efforts.

The European Banking Authority has updated a confidential Report on equivalence monitoring activities and submitted it to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Commission and the other European Supervisory Authorities,while publishing a public summary to increase transparency about recent regulatory and supervisory developments in 26 non‑EU jurisdictions deemed equivalent under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). According to the EBA press release,the public summary outlines the scope and limitations of the monitoring exercise and explains the Authority’s approach to assessing regulatory changes outside the EU. ^[1]^[2]

The updated monitoring work follows earlier methodological reform: on 24 March 2025 the EBA published an updated methodology for assessing third‑country equivalence which reflects amendments introduced by the revised CRR and CRD. Industry advisers said the methodological update has sharpened the parameters used to judge alignment between non‑EU frameworks and EU prudential rules,and it underpins how the EBA identifies potential divergences requiring follow‑up. ^[3]

The confidential Report,as described by the EBA,provides factual information on regulatory and supervisory changes,identifies areas that may require continued monitoring,and seeks to ensure that the criteria for equivalence decisions continue to be met. The publicly available summary is deliberately high‑level: it gives stakeholders insight into methodology,scope and the parameters applied while preserving the confidentiality of detailed findings. The EBA stresses that any subsequent actions will depend on the number and materiality of findings for each jurisdiction. ^[1]^[2]

The legal basis for the monitoring is Article 33(3) of the EBA’s founding Regulation,which mandates the Authority to keep under review regulatory,supervisory and enforcement developments in jurisdictions benefiting from Commission equivalence decisions under the CRR. The EBA frames the exercise as an ongoing review to ensure the conditions underpinning equivalence decisions remain fulfilled over time. ^[1]^[2]

Minutes of EBA governance meetings indicate this work has been an explicit management priority. The Management Board noted progress on equivalence work in its 24 September 2025 conference call and anticipated a regulatory and supervisory equivalence monitoring report to be finalised and submitted to the Board of Supervisors before the end of 2025. The Board of Supervisors’ October 2025 discussions likewise set out the three dimensions of EBA equivalence work: assessment,monitoring of existing decisions,and monitoring developments over time to detect fragmentation. ^[5]^[6]

The equivalence monitoring update sits alongside the EBA’s broader supervisory convergence agenda. The Authority’s 2024 Report on supervisory convergence described efforts to align supervisory practice across member states across prudential,resolution,consumer protection and digital finance domains,and signalled a shift towards deeper focus on supervisory outcomes. That context helps explain why the EBA is coupling methodological upgrades with routine,structured monitoring of non‑EU regimes. ^[4]

Looking ahead,the EBA’s published summary and the confidential Report together signal a tightening of surveillance on jurisdictions whose rules matter for EU banks’ cross‑border exposures. The Authority has said follow‑up actions will be calibrated to the severity and number of material findings; governance records show senior management has prioritised delivering the monitoring output within 2025,which will inform any recommendations to the Commission or further supervisory measures. Markets and institutions with cross‑border activities will therefore be watching for whether the confidential findings translate into targeted supervisory engagement or requests for regulatory change. ^[1]^[5]^[6]

##Reference Map:

^[1] (MondoVisione/EBA press release) - Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 4, Paragraph 7
^[2] (EBA press release on EBA website) - Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 4
^[3] (Addleshaw Goddard commentary) - Paragraph 2
^[4] (EBA 2024 Report on supervisory convergence) - Paragraph 6
^[5] (EBA Management Board minutes 24 September 2025) - Paragraph 5, Paragraph 7
^[6] (EBA Board of Supervisors minutes 15-16 October 2025) - Paragraph 5, Paragraph 7
^[7] (EBA Management Board minutes 28 January 2025) - Paragraph 5

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Score: 10

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Source reliability

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Score: 10

Notes: The claims made in the narrative are plausible and consistent with the EBA's known activities and responsibilities. The EBA's mandate includes monitoring regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement developments in jurisdictions benefiting from European Commission equivalence decisions under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). The narrative aligns with this mandate and references recent EBA publications and meetings, such as the 2024 Report on supervisory convergence and the Management Board minutes from 24 September 2025 . The language and tone are formal and consistent with official EBA communications. No inconsistencies or suspicious elements were identified.

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