March 2020: ECB Press Release – ECB Banking Supervision provides further flexibility to banks in reaction to coronavirus

  • ECB gives banks further flexibility in prudential treatment of loans backed by public support measures
  • ECB encourages banks to avoid excessive procyclical effects when applying the IFRS 9 international accounting standard
  • ECB activates capital and operational relief measures announced on March 12, 2020
  • Capital relief amounts to €120 billion and could be used to absorb losses or potentially finance up to €1.8 trillion of lending

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ECB Banking Supervision provides further flexibility to banks in reaction to coronavirus