1. Bank regulation -

1.1 Prudential regulation -

(a) General -

(i) Germany -

BaFin: Report on risks in focus 2024 (Report über Risiken im Fokus 2024)

Status: Final -

BaFin has published its annual report on the risks it will focus on throughout the year. It sets out the main risks that BaFin has identified for the financial stability or integrity of the financial markets in Germany and that it will pay particularly close attention to in 2024. These include cyberattacks and the breakdown of IT systems, as such technical disruptions pose risks not only when they occur at banks or insurers themselves: major problems at third-party service providers can also compromise the entire system...