Supervisory sanctions
Sanctions imposed by the ECB
In accordance with Article 18(6) of the SSM Regulation and Article 132 of the SSM Framework Regulation, penalties imposed by the ECB within the remit of its supervisory tasks are published below.
Date of ECB decision | Supervised entity | Amount (in EUR) | Area of infringement | Publication | Decision status |
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04/04/2023 | Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE | 6,630,000 | Reporting | Appealable before the Court of Justice of the European Union | |
02/01/2023 | Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba) | 6,825,000 | Reporting | Final |
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07/12/2022 | ABANCA Corporación Bancaria, S.A. | 3,145,000 | Reporting | Final | |
12/07/2022 | Crédit Agricole S.A. | 4,275,000 | Own funds | Final | |
12/07/2022 | Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | 300,000 | Own funds | Final | |
12/07/2022 | CA Consumer Finance | 190,000 | Own funds | Final | |
02/02/2022 | Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd | 575,000 | Liquidity | Final | |
31/01/2022 | Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg | 3,755,000 | Reporting | Final | |
30/07/2021 | Allied Irish Banks plc | 420,000 | Capital requirements | Final | |
30/07/2021 | EBS d.a.c. | 195,000 | Capital requirements | Final | |
21/10/2019 | Natixis Wealth Management Luxembourg | 1,850,000 | Large exposures/Reporting | Final | |
13/08/2019 | Piraeus Bank S.A. | 5,150,000 | Own funds | Final | |
15/02/2019 | Sberbank Europe AG | 630,000 | Large Exposures | Final | |
21/12/2018 | Novo Banco, SA | 200,000 | Large Exposures | Final | |
200,000 | Capital requirements | Final | |||
210,000 | Reporting | Final | |||
16/07/2018 | Crédit Agricole, S.A | 4,300,000 | Own funds | Partially annulled (only penalty) | |
16/07/2018 | Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | 300,000 | Own funds | Partially annulled (only penalty) | |
16/07/2018 | CA Consumer Finance | 200,000 | Own funds | Partially annulled (only penalty) | |
14/3/2018 | Banco de Sabadell, S.A. | 1,600,000 | Own funds | Final | |
24/8/2017 | Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.p.A. in liquidazione coatta amministrativa | 8,700,000 | Reporting and public disclosure | Final | |
2,500,000 | Large exposures | ||||
13/7/2017 | Permanent tsb Group Holdings plc | 750,000 | Liquidity | Final | |
1,750,000 | Liquidity |
Sanctions imposed by the NCAs in proceedings opened at the ECB’s request
In accordance with Article 18(5) of the SSM Regulation and Article 134 of the SSM Framework Regulation, the ECB may ask the relevant national competent authorities to open proceedings with a view to imposing penalties if appropriate. Those proceedings that resulted in the imposition of penalties are listed below.
Date of decision | Supervised entity / natural person | National competent authority | Publication |
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14/11/2022 | Supervised entity | Central Bank of Cyprus | Sanction |
30/11/2021 | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Central Bank of Ireland | Sanction |
18/03/2021 | Acquirer of a qualifying holding (legal and natural persons) | Banka Slovenije | Sanction |
18/09/2020 | Supervised entity | Banco de Portugal | Sanction |
03/03/2020 | Ulster Bank Ireland Designated Activity Company | Central Bank of Ireland | Sanction |
21/01/2020 | Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. | De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. | Sanction |
23/10/2019 | Natural person related to a supervised entity | Banco de Portugal | Sanction |
21/05/2019 | RBC Investor Services Bank S.A. | Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier | Sanction |
03/10/2018 | Citibank Europe plc | Central Bank of Ireland | Sanction |
22/12/2017 | 29 natural persons related to Veneto Banca S.p.A. | Banca d’Italia | Sanction |
25/5/2017 | 26 natural persons related to Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.p.A. | Banca d’Italia | Sanction |
9/11/2016 | Caceis Bank Deutschland GmbH | Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht | Sanction |
6/10/2016 | KBC Bank Ireland Plc | Central Bank of Ireland | Sanction |
Statistics on sanctioning activities in the context of European banking supervision
The annual report presents aggregate statistics on the sanctioning activities of the ECB and NCAs in the context of European banking supervision.