European Savings and Retail Banking Group
ESBG
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) is a European banking association that represents the economic interests of its members vis-à-vis the EU Institutions, with a specific focus on retail banking issues.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Ralf Seekatz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
12 Nov 2025 · Verbriefung
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
Meeting with Eric Ducoulombier (Acting Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
9 Oct 2025 · Implementation of two obligations for payment service providers under the Instant Payments Regulation
Meeting with Mattias Levin (Acting Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
9 Oct 2025 · FIDA, simplification, AI in financial services
Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 Oct 2025 · EU Omnibus I
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
3 Sept 2025 · Exchange on developments in banking regulation
Response to Communication on a Strategy for a European Data Union
18 Jul 2025
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
4 Jun 2025
Meeting with Ugo Bassi (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
2 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on prudential regulation in banking
Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis) and
22 Apr 2025 · FIDA
Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Apr 2025 · Savings and Investments Union
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Mar 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
6 Mar 2025 · Omnibus I
Meeting with Didier Millerot (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
16 Jan 2025 · Upcoming topics in sustainable finance
Meeting with Jonás Fernández (Member of the European Parliament) and DuPont de Nemours International SARL
10 Dec 2024 · Economic priorities
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Sept 2024 · Exchange on CSDD and CSRD
Meeting with Enikő Győri (Member of the European Parliament) and FTI Consulting Belgium
25 Jul 2024 · financial services and banking sector
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)
21 Feb 2024 · Physical meeting - Discussion covering various tax issues in relation to the financial sector
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and
21 Feb 2024 · important files until end of mandate: CMDI, RIS, digital euro, PSR/PSD
Meeting with Isabella Tovaglieri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
13 Dec 2023 · EPBD
Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
13 Sept 2023
Response to Ex-post evaluation of the Consumer Programme 2014-2020
28 Aug 2023
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and
18 Jul 2023 · Distribution of Retail financial products
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
27 Apr 2023 · Digital Euro; Retail Investment Strategy
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Apr 2023 · Retail investment strategy, Euro numérique
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and
28 Mar 2023 · Round-Table on Digital Euro (with EVP Dombrovskis and DG FISMA)
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
23 Nov 2022 · CRR3 (staff)
Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Jun 2022 · Banking Union
Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
14 Jun 2022 · Meeting on Anti-Money Laundering Package
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
22 Mar 2022 · CRR
Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Mar 2022 · AFIR
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
10 Jan 2022 · MiFID, retail investment strategy
Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European green bonds
27 Sept 2021
Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on consumer credits
30 Aug 2021
Response to A strategy to develop retail investments in the Internal Market
18 May 2021
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
3 May 2021 · Financial Education.
Response to Initiative on instant payments in the EU
7 Apr 2021
Response to Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit agreements
31 Aug 2020
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
28 May 2020 · COVID-19 relief measures
Response to Regulation (xxx) amending Regulation (EU) 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments
16 Mar 2020
Response to Climate Law (Legislative proposal)
4 Feb 2020
Response to Directive/regulation establishing a European framework for markets in crypto assets
16 Jan 2020
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
28 Jun 2018 · ESBG Retail Banking Lunch
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
26 Apr 2018 · Banking package, ESAs review
Response to Legislative proposal for an EU framework on crowd and peer to peer finance
27 Nov 2017
Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
27 Nov 2017 · Digital Single Market; Consumer protection
Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
8 Nov 2017 · Risk Reduction Measures Package
Response to Revision of the EU SME Definition
5 Jul 2017
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
27 Feb 2017 · Sustainable Finance, Fintech, CMU
Meeting with Lee Foulger (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
31 Mar 2016 · Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and CaixaBank, S.A.
16 Mar 2016 · The future of natural gas in the EU, the financing of energy efficiency projects and the development of microbanking to finance investment projects of the immigrant population.
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
29 Feb 2016 · Digitisation of financial services
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
26 Jan 2016 · Digital issues in the financial sector
Meeting with Lee Foulger (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
6 Jul 2015 · Capital Markets Union/Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
25 Jun 2015 · Financial Services Policy
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
19 Mar 2015 · Keynote speech at the ESBG Retail Banking conference
Meeting with Matthew Baldwin (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
29 Jan 2015 · Financial Policy