ECB Banking Supervision has recently completed its annual significance assessment, resulting in an increase of the number of significant credit institutions and groups from 123 to 129. The ECB will commence direct supervision of the new significant entities between 1 January and 1 February 2016, based on the date of the decisions on significance. Eight banks have been newly identified as significant, while two of the previous 123 have ceased to be classified as such because they no longer rank among the three most significant credit institutions in a Member State.

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