Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Jun 2025 | Elena Arveras Cabinet member | Sustainability Omnibus | — |
| 06 Jun 2025 | Elena Arveras Cabinet member | Sustainability Omnibus | SRC |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Stephanie Riso Director-General | Presenting the EU issuance programme and discussing opportunities for investors, such as Bank of Japan, to invest in EU bonds. | — |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Stephanie Riso Director-General | Presenting the EU issuance programme and discussing opportunities for investors, such as Bank of Japan, to invest in EU bonds. | SRC |
| 14 Feb 2022 | Tommy De Temmerman Cabinet member | Branches of third-country banking groups | — |
| 14 Feb 2022 | Tommy De Temmerman Cabinet member | Branches of third-country banking groups | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) is the leading trade association for banks, bank holding companies and bankers associations in Japan. Several of its largest member banks are active participants in the EU financial markets.Our goal is to contribute to the growth of the economy and the prosperity of people's lives by supporting banking businesses in order to promote the sound development of banking industry in Japan.
EU Legislative Interests
Directive (EU) 2024/1619 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks (CRD6) Especially, we target Articles regarding third country branch regulations, such as Article21c, 47 and 48.
Communication Activities
We submit comment letters to public consultation papers and publish them on our website. The following letters were submitted to the European Commission in the past. - JBA comments on provisions in the draft EU Capital Requirements Directive VI (“CRD VI”) regarding cross-border business and third country branches https://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/fileadmin/res/en/news/news220214.pdf - Joint letter with American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU), Bank Policy Institute (BPI) and Swiss Finance Council on the draft EU Capital Requirements Directive VI regarding third country branches https://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/fileadmin/res/en/news/news220228.pdf
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
International Banking Federation https://www.ibfed.org.uk/
Organisation Members
List of Members for Japanese Bankers Association https://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/en/outline/list-of-members/