CRD6 Third-Country Branch Authorisation: The 11 January 2027 Deadline
A non-EU bank that wants to keep taking deposits, lending, or issuing guarantees in an EU Member State through a branch now has a hard date to work toward: 11 January 2027. On 7 July 2026 the European Banking Authority published its final Guidelines on the authorisation of third-country branches (EBA/GL/2026/08), and they settle the…