Euro Banking Association (EBA) - News, Articles & Research

EBAday 2024: Applications open for Fintech Zone

Finextra and the Euro Banking Association are inviting startups from across the world to apply to join the 2024 Fintech Zone at EBAday 2024 in Lisbon.

05 December 2023

Finextra TV/payments

The potential introduction of the Digital Euro: What do Banks need to consider?

Daniel Szmukler, EBA Director / Innovation, Member Relations and Strategic Engagement, Euro Banking Association, speaks at EBAday 2023 about what the EBA Working Group has identified as key considerations and challenges for banks with the potential introduction of a digital euro. We look at their latest report on retail CBDCs and wholesale CBDCs, the next steps banks should be taking, and where the EBA’s research efforts will go next in the digital payments space.

04 July 2023

Finextra TV/regulation

Implementing EBA's Pan-European Fraud Taxonomy: First Findings from Early Movers

Thomas Egner, Secretary General, Euro Banking Association, and Annick Moes, Head of Industry Issues and Cooperation Initiatives, Euro Banking Association, discuss at EBAday 2023 the practical impact of the EBA's pan-European taxonomies addressing KYC and fraud combatting. They share feedback from first movers, which have implemented the EBA Fraud Taxonomy for fraud analytics and customer education, and comment on the taxonomy’s increasing relevance in the context of evolving payments regulation at EU level.

04 July 2023

News/payments

EBAday 2023: More banks than ever to attend the conference and exhibition

EBAday, the annual event for payments and transaction banking executives, will return on the 20th – 21st of June, 2023, at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain.

05 May 2023

News/payments

EBAday 2023: Agenda now live!

EBAday, the annual event for payments and transaction banking executives, will return on 20th – 21st June 2023 at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain.

06 April 2023

News/payments

EBAday 2023: Apply for the Fintech Zone now!

EBAday, the annual event for payments and transaction banking executives, will return on 20th to 21st June 2023 at The IFEMA in Madrid, Spain.

31 March 2023

News/payments

EBAday 2023: What to expect from this year’s conference

EBAday is back again and both Finextra and the Euro Banking Association are gearing up to welcome guests in-person in Madrid on the 20th to 21st June.

06 February 2023

News/payments

EBA publishes study on use of real-time data in liquidity management

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) Liquidity Management Working Group (LMWG) has released a report on the use of real-time data in corporate liquidity management.

02 December 2022

News/crime

EBA publishes fraud taxonomy

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has made its payment fraud taxonomy available to the public in a bid to curb the rising threats to the European payments system.

28 October 2022

Finextra TV/regulation

EBAday 2022: Supporting harmonisation of KYC requirements

The Euro Banking Association is contributing to standardised and digitalisable KYC processes for corporate customers and banks. EBA Secretary General Thomas Egner reports on a first important deliverable towards a more uniform customer experience across Europe.

28 June 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Visible hurdles of invisible payments

It is well understood that evolving business ecosystems promoting a frictionless payment experience for consumers, but what are the trends regarding embedded payments? What new products, services, and transaction models enable next-generation payments? And importantly, what are the hurdles that financial institutions and fintechs are yet to overcome?

31 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Embracing the power of continuity

Launching in to EBAday 2022, Wolfgang Ehrmann, chair of the board, EBA, set the context for this year’s first in-person EBAday conference since 2019.

31 May 2022

News/sustainable

EBAday 2022: Racing toward net-zero

EBAday 2022 is fast-approaching, and as we edge closer to the conference’s kick off, we’re exploring some highlights across the agenda. A key stand-out is the event’s lunchtime session on day two, ‘Meeting the net-zero challenge: How can banks fulfil CSR expectations?’

27 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Event attracts over 1,000 registrations

With over 1,000 attendees registered to join the in-person event in Vienna, EBAday 2022 is poised to kick off the summer of payments with a bang.

16 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Fintech Zone finalists announced

EBAday 2022 is fast approaching, and adding to the excitement is this week’s announcement of the event’s Fintech Zone finalists.

13 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Empowering women in payments

A report published by McKinsey in 2021 read that in the US, the payments industry has the lowest share of women at entry-level, manager, and senior-manager level.

06 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Anticipating the European Commission’s PSD2 review

Open Banking is set to receive its first ‘school report’ from the European Commission this year, setting out how the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is performing, along with consideration of progress being made toward Open Finance.

29 April 2022