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As from 4 November 2024, Wim Grosemans of BNP Paribas Fortis, whose application has been supported by the EBA member community based in Belgium, has joined the Board of the Euro Banking Association. Wim takes over the Board seat held by Krister Billing prior to his appointment as EBA Deputy Chairman in June 2024.

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released the findings of the EBA survey on cross-border payments initiatives. The survey was developed by the EBA Expert Group on Cross-Border Payments (EGXP) and was conducted earlier this year. The EBA invited its member banks to provide feedback on two core aspects: the extent to which relevant industry…

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today released a new report by its Digital Currencies & Smart Payments Working Group. “Re-inventing money: Considerations on future requirements for new forms of digital money” explores future requirements for new forms of digital money with a focus on its use for corporate customers. The report investigates how technological innovations…

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…

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…

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: Expert Group on Cross-Border Payments (abe-eba.eu)

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.

Download the Report of the Board to learn more about the EBA’s activities in 2023. Download report

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…

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)…