European Central Bank to Streamline EU Banking Rules

05:17 AM EST, 12/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The European Central Bank set out proposals aimed at simplifying the banking rules as part of efforts to improve the regulatory, supervisory and reporting framework across the European Union. The proposals include reducing the number of elements related to capital stacks, simplifying the prudential regime for smaller banks, making the EU-wide stress test simpler, and completing the savings and investment union and banking union, according to a Thursday release.