The European Banking Authority is an independent agency of the European Union established on January 1, 2011 to develop regulatory standards and promote supervisory convergence across the EU's banking and financial sector, headquartered at Tour Europlaza in the La Defense district of Paris since June 2019. It plays a central role in EU-wide bank stress testing, implements international banking standards such as Basel III, and has taken on direct supervision of significant asset-referenced and electronic-money tokens as part of its oversight of financial innovation and of critical information-technology service providers to the sector.
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Founding Year Founding DateNo single body-prose sentence states the exact date; taken from the rendered Agency overview infobox Formed field. HeadquartersRelocated from London to Paris in March 2019 ahead of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union; Paris is the current headquarters. Geography
Country or Jurisdiction ServedWikidata Q769548, property P17 (country). Classification
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Source European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: European Banking Authority
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Formed 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)
History section
The Authority was initially based in London until its relocation to Paris in March 2019
Introduction, institution-subtype
The European Banking Authority is an independent agency of the European Union established on January 1, 2011 to develop regulatory standards and promote supervisory convergence across the EU's banking and financial sector, headquartered at Tour Europlaza in the La Defense district of Paris since June 2019.
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Wikidata Q769548, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, Wikipedia EIOPA article, European System of Financial Supervision sectionQuote, Associated With: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, Wikipedia EIOPA article, European System of Financial Supervision section
EIOPA is one of the three European Supervisory Authorities responsible for microprudential oversight at the European Union level within the European System of Financial Supervision, together with the European Banking Authority (EBA) and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
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