Introductory statement by Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament

Keynote speech by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Morgan Stanley European Financials Conference

Speech by Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, “Finanzplatztag 2025” event organised by Börsen-Zeitung

Introductory remarks by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the MNI Webcast on Climate Change: Impact on Monetary Policy and Bank Supervision

Speech by Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the press conference on the 2024 SREP results and the supervisory priorities for 2025-27

Interview with Frank Elderson, conducted by NVDE

Interview with Alessandra Perrazzelli, Deputy Governor of the Banca d’Italia and Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, Supervision Newsletter

Interview with Patrick Montagner, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Eric Cloutier, Group Head of Banking Regulations at Forvis Mazars

Interview with Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Arend Clahsen and Han Dirk Hekking

Conversation between Anneli Tuominen, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, and Kian Abouhossein, Managing Director at JP Morgan, at the inaugural European Financials Conference hosted by JP Morgan

As the normalisation of the Eurosystem balance sheet progresses, the aggregate amount of central bank liquidity available to banks in the euro area will fall over the coming years. This blog explains the role played by the Eurosystem’s refinancing operations within the operational framework for monetary policy implementation. The ECB, both as a monetary policy authority and as a supervisor, expects that banks should consider these operations as an integral part of their day-to-day liquidity management.

Maintaining adequate levels of capital allows banks to provide stable financial services to the real economy and absorb losses in difficult times. This is why European law sets minimum capital requirements that all banks must meet. But banks also face risks that are not covered by these Pillar 1 requirements. This blog post explains how the ECB addresses these risks through its Pillar 2 requirements, and how we are changing our approach to ensure that banks remain safe and sound in an evolving risk landscape.

Stress tests are of crucial importance to assess banks’ resilience under adverse economic conditions. In previous stress tests, however, some banks submitted overly optimistic projections. Despite thorough quality assurance by supervisors, this behaviour makes it more likely that the risks some banks face are underestimated. To address this, we are now taking a closer look at insufficiently prudent projection submissions. In line with our supervisory focus on banks’ risk data aggregation and reporting capabilities, we are also looking more closely at poor data quality issues in stress tests.

Digitalisation is leading to efficiency gains for banks and improved services for their customers, but it is also bringing threats to operational resilience in the financial sector into sharper focus. The EU has developed a new regulation to keep these digital threats in check, that applies as of today. This blog post discusses how the new regulation makes the financial sector more resilient and outlines the implications for banks and their supervisors.

Our supervisory priorities for 2025-27 focus on strengthening banks’ ability to withstand macro-financial and geopolitical shocks, and on ensuring that banks remediate material and persistent shortcomings in a timely manner and address emerging challenges. In this blog post, we explain how these priorities will help European supervisors navigate the evolving risk landscape.