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Our analysis of BaFin’s Digital Supervisory Briefing 2026 highlights the strategic shift toward greater proportionality and principle-based supervision (9th MaRisk amendment). The focus is on the increasing demands on the governance professionalism of management boards and the management of systemic risks through geopolitics, NPL increases, and DORA. At the same time, it highlights operational relief for SNCI institutions under the small banking regime and the LSI stress test. The article serves as a well-founded guide for institutions to understand regulatory leeway and ensure the expertise of their committees.
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Corporate banking is undergoing profound structural change as ecological, digital and regulatory forces accelerate SME transformation. Traditional lending alone is no longer sufficient. Banks now require public funding advisory capabilities to activate investments, support decarbonisation and navigate sustainability-linked risk — making it a strategic differentiator in the evolving corporate banking landscape.
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The Global Risks Report 2026 shows: The risk environment is becoming more complex. An updated risk inventory is crucial for banks in order to identify geopolitical, macroeconomic and technological risks at an early stage and make them manageable.
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AI governance is a comprehensive framework that defines responsibilities for the use of artificial intelligence in a company and ensures the safe, ethical, transparent and legally compliant use of AI. The new BaFin guidance clearly classifies artificial intelligence as an ICT risk under DORA. With the help of the three-pillar model and robust AI governance, banks are able to meet strategic and operational requirements.