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A new era of standardization – EMEA deep dive
Following the foundational article “A New Era of Standardization” and the US-focused deep dive, this third installment turns to the EMEA region—a landscape shaped by regulatory fragmentation, rising data demands, and the emergence of the Integrated Reporting Framework (IReF).
This paper identifies the key drivers accelerating change across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including growing regulatory collaboration, pressure for consistent and auditable data, and the increasing importance of ESG and operational resilience. These forces are pushing banks to rethink their reporting infrastructures and move beyond legacy systems.
It explores how initiatives such as IReF, BIRD, DORA, and ESG mandates are converging to reshape the future of regulatory reporting. Forward-looking banks are embracing standardized, modular, and intelligent architectures—not just to meet compliance, but to unlock efficiency, enhance transparency, and enable real-time collaboration with regulators. In this new era, data-centric supervision and machine-readable regulation are becoming the norm.
