ECOFIN council’s conclusions on “Basel IV”: The French Banking Federation (FBF) welcomes the heightened awareness of the European authorities and their desire to avoid a negative impact on the European economy

The conclusions reached today by the EU's Economics and Finance Ministers regarding the Basel committee's current work send out a clear signal and are a major step towards protecting the financing of the European economy.

FBF response to european commission's consultation paper on further considerations for the implementation of the NSFR in the EU

FBF response to european commission's consultation paper on proportionality in the future market risk capital requirements and the review of the original exposure method

Access to finance for SMEs in Europe (ECB survey June 1, 2016)

The ECB has just released the results of its survey on '"Access to finance for SMEs in the euro area. " The survey concludes that " SMEs say that access to funding has improved further" in the euro area for the period of October 2015 to March 2016.

Consultation on Improving Double Taxation Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

The FBF welcomes the European Commission's action plan to combat terrorism financing and urges it to remove the anonymity of pre-paid cards

French banks are fully committed to the fight against terrorism financing. In this regard, they welcome the action plan announced by the European Commission on 2 February 2016.

The French Banking Federation meets with the European commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis, Jyrki Katainen and Jonathan Hill

Frédéric Oudéa, Chairman of the French Banking Federation (FBF), accompanied by FBF Executive Committee members and the chief executive officer of the FBF, today met in Brussels with the European commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis (Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue), Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President for Economic and Monetary Affairs) and Jonathan Hill (Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union).

Vote on European Payment Services Directive (PSD2): French banks request implementation methods that ensure customer safety

The French Banking Federation (FBF) takes note of the approval of the PSD2 text, whose initial ambition is to facilitate the arrival of new players (aggregators and third party payment service providers) to reinforce the security of payment transactions in Europe.