The European Banking Authority (EBA) is an independent EU Authority which works to ensure effective and consistent prudential regulation and supervision across the European banking sector. Its overall objectives are to maintain financial stability in the EU and to safeguard the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of the banking sector.

The main task of the EBA is to contribute to the creation of the European Single Rulebook in banking whose objective is to provide a single set of harmonised prudential rules for financial institutions throughout the EU. The Authority also plays an important role in promoting convergence of supervisory practices and is mandated to assess risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector.

The EBA was established on 1 January 2011 as part of the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) and took over all existing responsibilities and tasks of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors.

Careers at the EBA are open to nationals of the 28 European Union Member States as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. There is no national quota system in operation. However, the EBA shall ensure geographical and gender balance and compliance with the principle of equal opportunities, in accordance with Articles 1d and 27 of the Staff Regulations (SR) and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (CEOS).