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ECOFIN COUNCIL
- Main results of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 9 October 2026
- Savings and investments union: EU Council agrees key elements of crucial measures to deepen EU capital markets
- ETS2: EU Council signs off on rules strengthening the market stability reserve
- Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference
EUROGROUP
- Main results of the Eurogroup, 8 October 2026
- Remarks by Kyriakos Pierrakakis following the Eurogroup meeting of 8 October 2026
- Remarks by EU Commissioner Dombrovskis at Eurogroup press conference
- Remarks by Managing Director Pierre Gramegna at the press conference following Eurogroup meeting
MFF
- Lead MEPs on EU’s long-term budget react to Irish presidency’s negotiating box Press Releases
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
- MEPs approve tweaks to economic governance rules
SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS UNION
- Speech by Commissioner Albuquerque (by video message) for the EIF Financial Institutions Shareholder Group Annual Meeting
- Speech by the Eurogroup President, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, at the European Banking Federation and BusinessEurope forum on EU banking sector competitiveness, Brussels
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- ECB Blog: Funding the AI revolution: evidence from euro area sectors
DIGITAL EURO
- Money in the digital age: digital euro, tokenisation and the role of central banks – Speech by Piero Cipollone
- Corriere della Sera: Interview with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
- ECB Focus session on the digital euro pilot
ESRB
- Outcomes of the 63rd General Board meeting of the European Systemic Risk Board – 1 October 2026
- ESRB Annual Conference: Recordings and short interviews
- ESRB interactive risk dashboard
- Celebrating 15 years of the ESRB
- Further publications by the ESRB
- ESRB risk dashboard, September 2026 (Issue 57)
ECB
- Diagnostic Challenges for ECB Monetary Policy – Keynote speech by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
- Ansa Interview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
- Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank held in Berlin on Wednesday and Thursday, 9-10 September 2026
- Why should the ECB care about the unequal effects of climate change?
- ECB Podcast: Is Europe falling behind?
- Further publications by the ECB
- Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 2 October 2026
- Results of the September 2026 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD)
- RESEARCH BULLETIN – No. 147: Private equity beyond the target: how buyouts reshape supply chains
- WORKING PAPER SERIES – No. 3296: Does shareholder diversification enhance firm investment resilience? Evidence from the euro area
- WORKING PAPER SERIES – No. 3295: Monitoring banks’ vulnerabilities using stressed depletion indices
- WORKING PAPER SERIES – No. 3294: Understanding inflation: insights from the term structure of inflation risks
- WORKING PAPER SERIES – No. 3293: ECB monetary policy transmission to unilaterally euroised economies
- OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES – No. 400: The institutional and operational frameworks for macroprudential policy in the EU
ECB BANKING SUPERVISION
- Effective supervision through timely remediation – Frank Elderson
- Enhancing proportionality for small and non-complex banks – Frank Elderson
- Les Echos: Interview with Patrick Montagner, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
SRB
- SRB publishes its response to Commission consultation on Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)
- SRB publishes the list of consultations and simplifies its requests to the industry from 2027
AML/CFT
- AMLA consults on draft standards for an EU-wide AML/CFT database
- AMLA identifies AML/CFT priorities for the review of MiCA
- AMLA Chair Bruna Szego in interview with Money Laundering Bulletin
- Hennie Verbeek-Kusters highlights the importance of prevention in AML/CFT at International Anti-Financial Crime Summit
- AMLA Executive Board Member Hennie Verbeek-Kusters delivers keynote at 10th Austrian Anti-Money Laundering Conference
- AMLA Vice-Chair Juan Manuel Vega Serrano took part in panel at Foro La Toja
- Opinion of the Advocate General at the Court Laila Medina in Case C-222/25
- Ongoing AMLA consultations
- Consultation on the draft RTS on cross-border information exchange between Financial Intelligence Units – Opening date: 6 July 2026 – Deadline: 6 October 2026, 23:59 (CEST)
EBA
- EBA CRR3/CRD6 dashboard shows banks maintain capital levels well above minimum requirements under the fully loaded Basel III framework
- Upcoming EBA events
- 19-20 Oct 2026: Board of Supervisors meeting
- 20 Oct 2026: Joint Board of Supervisors and Banking Stakeholder Group meeting
- Ongoing EBA consultations
- 26 Aug – 31 Dec 2026: Consultation on draft RTS on operational risk management framework (EBA/CP/2026/18)
- 25 Aug – 25 Nov 2026: Consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards on prudential requirements for investment firms (EBA/CP/2026/17)
- 5 Aug – 2 Nov 2026: Consultation on Reporting for the purposes of the validation and monitoring of ISDA SIMM (EBA/CP/2026/16)
- 23 Jul – 23 Oct 2026: Consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards on DGS payouts of client funds deposits (EBA/CP/2026/15)
- 23 Jul – 23 Oct 2026: Consultation on Guidelines on investment of available financial means (EBA/CP/2026/12)
- 23 Jul – 23 Oct – 2026: Consultation on Implementing Technical Standards on information exchange (EBA/CP/2026/14)
- 23 Jul – 23 Oct 2026: Consultation on Implementing Technical Standards on depositor information (EBA/CP/2026/13)
- 25 Sep 2026 – 4 Jan 2027: Consultation on revised Implementing Technical Standards on joint decisions on institution-specific prudential requirements
EIOPA
- EIOPA seeks views on a more proportionate and outcomes-focused supervision of sales of insurance-based investment products
- EIOPA sets EU-wide expectations for the supervision of private equity-backed insurers
- Ongoing consultations by EIOPA
- Consultation on draft RTS on valuation 1 and 2 – IRRD – 8 July 2026 – 20 October 2026, 23:59 (CEST)
- Consultation on draft RTS on valuation 3 – IRRD – 8 July 2026 – 20 October 2026, 23:59 (CEST)
- Consultation on the draft Supervisory Statement on IBIP Sales Processes – 8 October 2026 – 4 January 2027, 23:59 (CET)
ESMA
- Carlo Comporti appointed chair of the European securities and markets authority (ESMA)
- ESMA appoints Carlos San Basilio as the new member of its Management Board
- ESMA seeks evidence on the use of tokenised collateral in central clearing
- ESMA sets out supervisory expectations on services related to unauthorised stablecoins
- ESMA clarifies access for EU market participants to the services of third-country CSDs
- Further publications by ESMA
- EMIR college composition
- CPD26 agenda – Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day 2026 – Agenda
- ESMA82-402-39 – List of Synthetic Securitisations notified to ESMA
- ESMA71-545613100-3014 – Carlo Comporti appointed Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority – Press release
- ESMA91-1505572268-5023 – ESMA seeks evidence on the use of tokenised collateral in central clearing – Press release
- ESMA91-1505572268-5028 – Call for evidence on the CCP collateral tokenisation – Reply form
- ESMA91-1505572268-4934 – Call for evidence on the CCP collateral tokenisation
- ESMA75-113276571-1742 – Opinion on the provision of crypto asset services in relation to non-MiCA-compliant asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens
- ESMA91-372-1960 – EMIR college composition
- ESMA74-2119945926-3877 – Statement on the extended transitional period for third-country CSDs
- ESMA70-148-2567 – List of Central Counterparties authorised to offer services and activities in the Union
- ESMA50-1949966494-4330 – Working paper on Haircuts and borrower concentration: evidence from EU repo markets
- EFIF – EFIF Summary of the May 2026 meeting
- Ongoing consultations by ESMA
- From 09/09/2026 to 09/11/2026: Consultation on the update to the Guidelines on disclosure requirements under the Prospectus Regulation
- From 18/08/2026 to 12/10/2026: Consultation on the reporting framework under EMIR for clearing activity at recognised third-country CCPs
- From 09/10/2026 to 15/01/2027: Call for evidence on the CCP collateral tokenisation
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
- Recommendation for a COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION Allowing Italy to deviate from the maximum growth rates of net expenditure as set by the Council under Regulation (EU) 2024/1263 (Activation of the national escape clause)
- COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMISSION COMMUNICATION FROM COMMISSIONER DOMBROVSKIS TO THE COMMISSION IN AGREEMENT WITH EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT FITTO on the positive preliminary assessment of the fifth payment request of the Republic of Finland pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/241
- COMMISSION OPINION in accordance with Article 19 of the Statute of the European Investment Bank
- COMMISSION OPINION in accordance with Article 19 of the Statute of the European Investment Bank
- COMMISSION OPINION in accordance with Article 19 of the Statute of the European Investment Bank
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION on the authorisation of the disbursement of the fourth instalment of the non-repayable support for the Netherlands
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION on the authorisation of the disbursement of the fifth instalment of the non-repayable support for Sweden
- Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the applicability criteria for macroprudential analyses in the own risk and solvency assessment and as part of the prudent person principle, and specifying the applicability criteria, the content and the frequency of update of liquidity risk management plans
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/… amending for the 362nd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 as regards the simplified calculation of the risk margin
- Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of High Representative and Executive Vice-President Kaja Kallas
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Glenn Micallef
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Christophe Hansen
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Michael McGrath
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Piotr Serafin
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Jessika Roswall
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Magnus Brunner
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Hadja Lahbib
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Costas Kadis
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Jozef Síkela
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Marta Kos
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Dubravka Šuica
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Executive Vice-President Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen
- 2026 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
- Minutes – Wednesday, 2 September 2026 – PE792.147v01-00 – Committee on Budgets, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Minutes – Wednesday, 15 July 2026 – PE796.319v01-00 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Minutes – Thursday, 2 July 2026 – PE791.879v01-00 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Minutes – Monday, 22 June 2026 – Tuesday, 23 June 2026 – PE790.922v01-00 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Minutes – Monday, 15 June 2026 – PE789.995v01-00 – Committee on Budgets, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Answer to a written question – European Banking Authority Q&A 2022_6336 on the definition of electronic money – E-002703/2026(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Tackling the low birth rate and demographic challenges in the EU with binding European measures and adequate funding – E-003131/2026(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Increase in bank debts of Nea Dimokratia and PASOK and the need to keep political influence in check – E-003362/2026(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Digital centralisation, EU gold-plating and companies’ competitiveness – E-003134/2026(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Influence on the design of the AML/CFT package of the former Commissioner Didier Reynders, who stands accused of money laundering – P-002642/2026(ASW)
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- WK 14302 2026 INIT – Securitisation Review (Trilogues). IE Presidency Note. Working Party on Financial Services and the Banking Union (Securitisation), 22 September 2026
- CM 4432 2026 INIT – Att.Working Party on Financial Services and the Banking Union (Securitisation)
- CM 4432 2026 REV 1 – Att.Working Party on Financial Services and the Banking Union (Securitisation)
- WK 14922 2026 INIT – European Innovation Act – PowerPoint presentation
- WK 14165 2026 INIT – European Innovation Act – PowerPoint presentation
- WK 14099 2026 INIT – Tobacco Taxation – PPT presentation
- WK 14101 2026 INIT – Tobacco Taxation – PPT presentation
- CM 4192 2026 REV 2 – WORKING PARTY ON COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH (Industry)
- WK 13964 2026 INIT – Irish Presidency Flash 17 September 2026 – Company Law WP meeting
- ST 13617 2026 INIT – COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space))
BIS
- BIS’s Hernández de Cos on AI, non-bank risk and tokenisation
- The role of central banks in managing financial crises in times of rapid change
- Macroprudential policy: from BIS origins to new frontiers
- Artificial intelligence and climate change: balancing innovation and sustainability
- Chasing El Dorado: gold under shifting geopolitical and financial conditions
- BIS – Central Bankers speeches
- Sustainable finance and the shifting risk landscape
- The competitiveness of the European banking sector
- Address – launch of BOMStats, the Bank of Mauritius data portal
- Turning opportunities into progress – innovation meets regulation
- Update and outlook for the Jamaican economy
- Shifting ground – how geopolitics is reshaping growth, monetary policy and the role of gold as a reserve asset
- The European project, the role of rating agencies and the prospects of the Greek economy
- Reinforcing Europe’s financial resilience – and growth potential
- Climate change – the economic reality we can no longer ignore
- Where AI risks meet
- Policy challenges of the new global disorder
- Technology, money and the financial infrastructure of the future
- More momentum for the economy
- Diagnostic challenges for ECB monetary policy
- The US economy and monetary policy
- Gold between continuity and change
- Monetary policy in a world of overlapping shocks
- The Czech koruna 50 years after the beginning of the post-Bretton Woods system and the Czech National Bank 100 years after the establishment of the National Bank of Czechoslovakia
- From commitment to execution – mobilizing the financial sector for Uganda’s tenfold growth opening
- Preserving financial stability in an evolving world
- Changing without losing sight of the goal
- Keynote address – Islamic Finance News Asia Forum 2026
- The dual mandate in rural America
- Opening remarks – Community Bank Cyber Workshop
- Economic conditions and monetary policy
- Special remarks – JC3 Journey to Zero Conference 2026
- Thailand’s new horizons – empowering people, building resilience
- Economic policymaking in a changing world
- Keynote speech – Money20/20 Middle East
- Supervisory risk appetite, efficiency and effectiveness
- Shaping inclusive transitions in Asia – enhancing SMEs’ resilience and adaptation to climate change
- Opening address – “Key trends 2026” conference
- Leading the next chapter – Islamic finance as a catalyst for national prosperity
- Accelerating Hong Kong’s bond market development – building a diversified, deep, dynamic and digital-native market
- Unwavering dedication
- From digital banking to resilient banking – technology, cyber security and ai as pillars of trust
- Launch of the Women Entrepreneurs (WE) Finance Code in Albania
OECD
- OECD headline inflation rises to 4.3% in August 2026 as energy inflation surges sharply
IMF
- Hungary – Staff Concluding Statement of the 2026 Article IV Mission
- Economic and Monetary Affairs MEPs to attend IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok
- Coming Soon: The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Europe
- Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere, October 2026
- Republic of Estonia: Technical Assistance Report-Report on Consumer Price Index (January 12-16, 2026)
- Financing Constraints and Growth Challenges of Lithuanian SMEs
- Structural Unemployment in Lithuania
- Further publications by the IMF
- Regional Economic Outlook for Europe, October 2026
- Coming Soon: Regional Economic Outlook Update: Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2026
- Coming Soon: Global Financial Stability Report, October 2026
- Coming Soon: World Economic Outlook, October 2026
- Foreign Currency Stablecoins: Initial Considerations on Policies to Manage and Enhance Macro-Financial Stability
- The AI Ecosystem: Structure, Financing, and Financial Stability Considerations
- World Economic Outlook Reports
UNITED STATES
- FinCEN Announces Withdrawals of Digital Asset Related Rulemakings
- U.S. Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering
- Speech by Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman on modernizing regulation and supervision
RUSSIA
- Bank of Russia approves list of systemically important credit institutions
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