EU to ensure banks' access to UK clearing houses in no-deal Brexit: ECB

Reuters

Published Jan 17, 2019 06:29AM ET

EU to ensure banks' access to UK clearing houses in no-deal Brexit: ECB

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Commission will take temporary measures to maintain banks' access to UK-based clearing houses in case of a no-deal Brexit, European Central Bank board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger said on Thursday.

"However, these measures are just a stopgap, and banks must make sure that they are prepared for what happens next," she said in Dublin. "There is no time to relax; there is just a little more time to prepare."