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This policy portal provides a public interest perspective on the issues at stake and ongoing legislative debates in the field of financial regulation.

As major rules for financial institutions are set at the EU rather than national level, EU legislators play the key role. Adequate rules are of crucial importance, as the size, complexity and influence of the financial system have reached unprecedented levels. Challenges like digitalisation or accelerating climate change need to be addressed too. There is a long way to go to make finance truly serve the economy and society.

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72 PUBLICATIONS

Report

18/12/2025

Stability & supervision

Report – Hidden risks in NBFI: Mapping vulnerabilities from shadow banking

Consultation response

17/03/2026

Stability & supervision

Finance Watch response to Commission call for evidence on competitiveness in the single banking market

The Commission’s review of competitiveness in the Single Banking Market should assess where changes to prudential rules improve banks’ ability to support productive investment and sustainable lending in the real economy. Simplification...

Consultation response

19/02/2026

Stability & supervision

Improving supervisors’ assessment of bank risk management in Europe

Speech

20/01/2026

Stability & supervision

The false trade-off defining Germany’s CRD transposition (Bundestag Finance Committee hearing)

Debates on banking regulation are increasingly framed as a choice between competitiveness and prudential safeguards. Germany’s CRD transposition shows why this framing is misleading. The real tension is between bank profits and...

Position paper

05/09/2025

Stability & supervision

Securitisation and capital requirements for European insurers

An introduction to securitisation in insurance and the prudential treatment of insurers’ securitisation investments

Consultation response

28/04/2025

Stability & supervision

Response to Commission consultation on the market risk prudential framework

Report

24/09/2024

Stability & supervision

Report – Lost Momentum: The Evolution and Challenges of Basel III

Finance Watch examines the progress and challenges of the Basel III framework and addresses the looming risks to global financial stability. The report urges policymakers not to withdraw from international cooperation, but...

Open letter

16/09/2024

Stability & supervision

Finance Watch Calls on ECON to Advance European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) and Protect Depositors

In a letter addressed to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Finance Watch calls on European policymakers to proceed with preparations for the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS), which has...

Open letter

17/04/2023

Stability & supervision

Open letter calling on policy-makers for a Basel-compliant Europe

In an open letter signed by 36 organisations and 79 individuals, Finance Watch called on co-legislators to reconsider their deviations from the international banking rules and steer Europe back on course with...

Consultation response

15/07/2022

Stability & supervision

Response to the European Commission’s consultation on State Aid for Banks in Difficulty

Speech

31/03/2022

Stability & supervision

Finalising Basel III to serve the European economy (ECON Hearing on the Basel III “Finalisation Package”)

At the ECON Hearing on the Basel III “Finalisation Package” on 31st March 2022, Finance Watch’s Chief Economist, Thierry Philipponnat, called for a faithful implementation of the Basel III framework and to...

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