Tag: European banking authority
Compliance software for financial services explained
Financial services firms are under mounting pressure to keep pace with regulatory change. Updates arrive constantly, drawn from multiple regulators, across different jurisdictions and...
EBA launches consultation on supervisory reporting overhaul
The European Banking Authority (EBA), the independent EU body responsible for ensuring sound and consistent prudential regulation across the bloc, has unveiled a sweeping...
EBA cuts admin burden with new SEPA reporting rules
The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU's banking regulatory body, has published a Decision aimed at standardising how national competent authorities (NCAs) report data...
Non-financial risk: the grey rhino facing financial firms
When discussions about risk in financial services arise, the conversation typically centres on familiar categories such as credit risk, market volatility and liquidity stress....
Compliance-first AI: the future of AML
Financial institutions are under growing pressure to strengthen anti-money laundering (AML) controls while managing rising compliance costs.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely seen as part...
EU fintechs face new AML duties as APP scams surge
APP scams, where victims are manipulated into sending money themselves, have become the most damaging form of payment fraud across Europe.
According to Flagright,...
Payment fraud hits €4.2bn as criminals adapt to SCA
The EBA and the ECB have published the 2025 edition of their joint report on payment fraud, offering a detailed assessment of fraud trends...
Digital Omnibus targets 25% cut in EU compliance costs
The European Commission is moving forward with its Digital Omnibus initiative, a wide-ranging effort to simplify the EU’s increasingly dense patchwork of digital regulations....
The hidden cost of de-risking in banking
Banks and financial institutions are increasingly facing scrutiny for blanket de-risking — a practice designed to mitigate exposure to financial crime but which often...
Flagright closes fiat blind spot in stablecoin AML
Stablecoin companies are facing unprecedented regulatory scrutiny as financial authorities around the world tighten anti-money laundering (AML) requirements.
Regulators in jurisdictions such as Singapore, the...










