The prudential requirements for IT, which are mainly intended for the management boards of credit institutions, aim to provide a more transparent outline of supervisors' expectations regarding IT security.

We are striving to make regulation clearer, more understandable and more efficient – while continuing to safeguard the stability of the banking system, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel at the Bundesbank’s 13th regulatory conference in Frankfurt. At the conference, representatives from banks and securities and insurance companies joined policymakers to discuss current opportunities and challenges for the financial industry and supervisors in Germany.

Am 9. September 2025 verabschiedete der Rat der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) eine Änderung der Verordnung (EU) 2015/534 über die Meldung aufsichtlicher Finanzinformationen (FINREP-Verordnung der EZB) und ihrer Anhänge.

The credit valuation adjustment (CVA) framework is designed for OTC derivatives. These harbour not only market risk, but also credit risk. A deterioration in the credit quality of the derivative counterparty has a negative effect on the value of the derivative.

According to Article 4 (52) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), “operational risk” means the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events, and includes legal risk.