European Central Bank

ING Names Karl Guha as Proposed New Chairman of Supervisory Board

(IN BRIEF) ING has announced its intention to appoint Karl Guha to its Supervisory Board, effective immediately after the Annual…

1 year ago

Credit Suisse: The risk of inflation in Switzerland and Europe is too low for the European Central Bank and Swiss National Bank to raise key interest rates

Credit Suisse publishes "Monitor Switzerland" for Q3 2021 (PRESS RELEASE) ZÜRICH, 15-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Credit Suisse, a global wealth…

3 years ago

European Central Bank announces the proposed appointment of Frank Elderson as Vice-Chair of its Supervisory Board

EU Council to give final approval after parliamentary vote (PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 18-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Governing Council of…

3 years ago

European Central Bank publishes draft regulation on statistical reporting requirements for euro area pension funds

ECB publishes, for public consultation, the draft regulation on statistical reporting requirements for pension funds The draft regulation is aimed…

7 years ago

European Central Bank (ECB): Unchanged credit standards on loans to enterprises reported by Euro area banks in 3Q2016

Loan demand continued to increase across all loan categories, while credit supply conditions remained unchanged for enterprises and improved for…

8 years ago

European Central Bank (ECB) makes euro banknotes even more secure; unveils new €50 banknote

New €50 banknote will start circulating on 4 April 2017 €50 is the most widely used euro banknote New secure…

8 years ago

Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) to permanently stop producing the €500 banknote and to exclude it from the Europa series

ECB has decided to discontinue production and issuance of €500 banknote Europa series of euro banknotes will not include the…

8 years ago

European Central Bank (ECB): 445,000 counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2015

445,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2015. 83% of the counterfeits were €20…

8 years ago

Oesterreichische Nationalbank: European Central Bank’s comprehensive assessment results in capital increases at Sberbank Europe and VTB Bank Austria

VIENNA, 16-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2015, another nine European banks were subjected to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) comprehensive…

8 years ago

Lithuania becomes the 19th member state of the euro area

BRUSSELS, 06-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On 1 January 2015 Lithuania became the 19th member state of the euro area, with euro…

9 years ago

European Central Bank released the euro area bank lending survey results for July 2014

Credit standards on loans to enterprises were eased by banks in net terms, for the first time since the second…

10 years ago

European Central Bank’s annual report shows TARGET2, Europe’s leading large-value payment system, processed 2.1% more payments in 2013

TARGET2 processed 91% of the total value settled by large-value euro payment systems Value of transactions decreased by 22.2% on…

10 years ago

Banco de España director Linette Field appointed deputy director-general of Single Supervisory Mechanism at European Central Bank

Madrid, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Linette Field, the current Head of Division of the Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision II of the European Central…

10 years ago

EU residents can discover the new €10 banknote’s security features in competition launched by ECB

Prior to the unveiling of the new €10 in January 2014, European Union residents can discover the note’s security features…

10 years ago

EU and ECB to help National Bank of Serbia (NBS) prepare to join the European System of Central Banks (ESCB)

Frankfurt, Germany, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — National Bank of Serbia, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Serbia and the European Central Bank…

10 years ago

EC, ECB statement on the 4th review of Spain financial assistance programme

Brussels, Belgium, 01-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A delegation from the European Commission, in liaison with the European Central Bank, carried out the…

11 years ago

ECB’s EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS to feature artists from the next country to adopt the euro Latvia

17-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — This year’s EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS of the European Central Bank (ECB) features artists from Latvia – the next…

11 years ago

The Bank of England and European Central Bank announced extension of their temporary reciprocal swap agreement

17-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of England and European Central Bank (ECB) are today announcing an extension of their temporary reciprocal…

11 years ago

European Central Bank card fraud report reveals declining trend since 2007

16-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Card fraud has been on a declining trend since 2007, thanks to technological advances that are making…

11 years ago

EC, ECB on the conclusion of the third review of the financial assistance programme for Spain

Brussels, 4-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  A delegation from the European Commission, in liaison with the European Central Bank, the European Stability…

11 years ago

EC, ECB and IMF on the Tenth Review Mission to Ireland

Brussels, 9-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited…

11 years ago

European Central Bank details of refinancing operations with settlement in the period from 10 July 2013 to 8 July 2014

7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has today decided to continue conducting its main…

11 years ago

ECB Monetary policy decisions

3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At today’s meeting, which was held in Bratislava, the Governing Council of the ECB took the following…

11 years ago

MEPs quizzed ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio on credit flow to businesses and households

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — MEPs quizzed European Central Bank Vice-President Vitor Constancio on what more can be done to help credit…

11 years ago

The European Investment Bank will step up its annual lending by more than 40 percent, to around EUR 70bn

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EIB is one of “five major building blocks” for economic recovery and sustainability according to an editorial…

11 years ago

ECB report on the results of the April 2013 euro area bank lending survey

24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the April 2013…

11 years ago