Financial Stability
This part of the OeNB’s website deals with the preservation of financial stability, the responsibilities of the OeNB in this context, the risks to which the Austrian financial system is exposed, as well as the measures which can be taken to mitigate these risks.
Banking Analysis and Inspections
The OeNB’s bank analysis and inspection activities primarily focus on two areas: on-site bank inspections and individual bank analyses. On the basis of supervisory reporting data, the OeNB regularly assesses the risk levels of individual banks and reviews their compliance with legal regulations. The on-site bank inspections conducted by the OeNB are commissioned by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA).
Payment Systems Oversight
These pages describe the objectives and standards of payment systems oversight throughout the euro area as well as supervisory practice in Austria. Furthermore, they present oversight principles specifically applying to payment systems, guidelines on disclosure requirements and a description of the OeNB’s scheme for the entry of statistical data.
Financial Market News
Current issues related to financial stability.
These pages provide the interested public with a discussion of curent issues related to financial stability from the OeNB’s perspective. They offer a reliable source of information relevant to these topics.
Basel II
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank’s Basel II pages discuss current developments in connection with these new regulatory capital requirements and contain all essential publications from recent years. The pages provide basic information on all Basel II-related topics and answer the most frequently asked questions in this field, as well as enabling users to contact specialists in specific areas related to Basel II in order to obtain answers to their individual questions. Those who wish to be informed about updates immediately can also subscribe to our e-mail notification service.
Please note that that these pages are still under construction and will be completed soon.