The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is considered by many to be fundamental for the creation of the European Union banking union. The very idea behind the banking union is not only to strengthen the confidence in the banks of the Member States that are using the euro as their national...

This paper examines the institutional design of the EU European and Monetary Union. Specifically, it analyses five different institutions that have been set up in the post-financial crisis period, namely the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EBA and EIOPA), the European Financial...

As part of the Eurozone-project ‘Banking Union', the European Central Bank (ECB) was vested with a large pouvoir in the field of banking supervision. Such an empowerment of the ECB is principally provided for in Article 127 (6) TFEU, on which basis the SSM Regulation was therefore adopted....

This article focuses on the operation of supervisory colleges after implementation of the first pillar of the European Union's Banking Union -- the Single Supervisory Mechanism. The article concludes that the operation of supervisory colleges for cross-border banks, particularly those that...

This working paper focuses on the accountability arrangements for the ECB in the framework of the EU's Banking Union. For this purpose, first of all an analytical framework for the purposes of evaluating the preconditions and instruments of accountability placed at the disposal of the European...

Purpose - This study aims to analyze the impact of cooperation between banking supervisory entities on maintaining financial stability, using Single Supervisory Mechanism evolution and performance as instance. Then banking supervisory cooperation and financial stability in Egypt are reviewed....

The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of the macro-prudential tasks assigned to the ECB within the context of the ‘Single Supervisory Mechanism' (SSM), which is a major building block of the European Banking Union. It is structured in two (2) sections. Section 1 provides a general...

This article overviews systematically the provisions laid down in secondary EU law with regard to the creation of ‘Chinese walls' within the European Central Bank (the ‘ECB') after the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (the ‘SSM'), in order to ensure that the ECB carries...

Upon the launch of the European Economic and Monetary Union (the ‘EMU') on 1 January 1999, a debate opened as to which central bank would operate as lender of last resort to solvent credit institutions in the euro area: the European Central Bank (the ‘ECB'), or the national central banks...

The prolonged crisis exposed the vulnerability of a monetary union without a banking union. The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which started operating in November 2014, is an essential step towards restoring banks to health and rebuilding trust in the banking system. The ECB is today...