European Banking Authority

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European Union (EU).

(EBA).

The EBA's responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring effective and consistent prudential regulation and supervision across the European banking sector.
  • Maintaining financial stability in the EU.
  • Safeguarding the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of the banking sector.
  • Contributing to the creation of a European Single Rulebook in banking whose objective is to provide a single set of harmonised prudential rules for financial institutions throughout the EU.
  • Promoting convergence of supervisory practices.
  • Assessing risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector.


The European Banking Authority was established in 2011 as the successor to the former Committee of European Banking Supervisors.


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