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ECB Stress Test: Euro Area Banks Show Resilience to Geopolitical Shocks, but Weaknesses Persist

5 August 2026 Phil Karametos

Euro area banks have demonstrated solid resilience to severe geopolitical shocks, according to the European Central Bank’s 2026 thematic stress test on geopolitical risk

Changes to banks’ credit risk assessment models from October 1st

31 March 2026 Editors

The ECB is optimizing the way it evaluates changes in banks’ internal models for credit risk by transitioning from a priori to a posteriori evaluation

What ECB Says About Hercules

26 March 2026 Phil Karametos

A comment on ECBs blog, in an article about Greece, also appears to be decisive for the market’s future trajectory.

ECB: Starts new checks on banks exposure to private loans

26 March 2026 Editors

The European Central Bank (ECB) will begin a new round of inspections on the banks it supervises, as concerns grow over the quality of loans

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Joint visit to the Bank of Greece by the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the SSM at the ECB and the Chair of the SRB

24 March 2026 Editors

The Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) at the European Central Bank (ECB), Claudia Buch

ECB: Greek banks exposed to geopolitical risk

23 January 2026 Editors

In a new study it has released, the European Central Bank classifies the Greek financial system as belonging to the group of banking systems

ECB: Greek banks still have a long way to go in reducing NPEs

22 November 2025 Phil Karametos

The latest data from the European Central Bank on Greek banks in the first half of 2025 paint a picture of a sector that continues to improve

The ECB is stopping the easing of rules on securitizations

2 October 2025 Phil Karametos

The European Central Bank (ECB) is taking a different stance from the European Commission regarding the new institutional framework

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The ECB raises an alarm for financial stability

21 May 2025 Phil Karametos

A sharp increase in uncertainty regarding global trade, defense, international cooperation, and regulatory policy may pose a significant challenge to…

Banks: Pan-European stress test begins

21 January 2025 Editors

European banks are entering the final stretch for the start of stress tests, as on Monday afternoon the European…