ECB to review how banks cope with ultra low rates: Angeloni

Reuters

Published May 26, 2016 05:25AM ET

ECB to review how banks cope with ultra low rates: Angeloni

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank plans an in-depth review of how banks are coping with ultra-low interest rates and aims to establish a more consistent approach to supervising banks with high levels of bad loans, a top ECB regulator said on Thursday.

"We plan in-depth reviews of the drivers of banks’ profitability at firm level and across business models," ECB bank supervision board member Ignazio Angeloni said in a speech.

"We intend to focus in particular on how banks are coping with the protracted low interest rate environment and the evolving regulatory environment," Angeloni added.