EBA Publishes Single Rulebook Q&A Updates in January 2021
The EBA Single Rulebook question and answer (Q&A) tool updates for this month include answers to nine questions. The answers address queries on large exposures and credit risk under the Capital Requirements Regulations as well as on strong customer authentication and common and secure communication under the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
The overall objective of the Q&A tool is to ensure consistent and effective application of regulatory framework across the Single Market. Institutions, supervisors, and other stakeholders can use the Single Rulebook Q&A tool to submit questions on certain EU regulations and directives. These regulations and directives include the revised Capital Requirements Directive (CRD5) and Regulation, the revised Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD2), the Securitization Regulation, the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive (DGSD), the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), the PSD 2, the Wire Transfer Regulation (WTR), and the Anti Money Laundering (AML) Directive, along with any related technical standards that EBA has developed and adopted.
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Keywords: Europe, EU, Banking, Single Rulebook, Credit Risk, Large Exposures, Reporting, Q&A, CRR/CRD, Basel, PSD2, EBA
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