What is whistleblowing?

Do you suspect that a supervised entity, a national banking supervisor or the European Central Bank itself has breached or is breaching European Union law relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions? If so, you can report this breach to the relevant authority. This is referred to as whistleblowing – or breach reporting.

You can report breaches via our secure whistleblowing platform.

Before you do so, please make sure that you know what kind of information you can submit and how the platform works, as outlined below. Please also read the Privacy statement and Important legal information.

When should I contact the ECB via the whistleblowing platform?

Contact us via the whistleblowing platform if you suspect a breach of EU law relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions by either:

• a supervised bank
  List of supervised entities
  

or

• a national banking supervisor (also known as a national competent authority or NCA) or the ECB itself
  List of national supervisors
  

When should I contact a national supervisor?

Contact the relevant NCA if:

• an entity suspected of a breach is directly supervised by their national supervisor and not by the ECB
• the breach has been committed by any other entity not supervised by the ECB in the context of European banking supervision, such as an insurance undertaking

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