FI agrees with EBA Opinion on accounts and bank services for asylum seekers

2016-06-23 | EBA News Consumer Bank

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion of the European Banking Authority on the application of customer due diligence measures to customers who are asylum seekers from higher-risk third countries or territories. Finansinspektionen provides its response to the opinion below.

Finansinspektionen (FI) welcomes the EBA's Opinion and agrees with its assessment of the EU legal conditions for banks and other financial actors to provide asylum seekers with access to bank accounts and other basic financial services.