FSB Report on Strengthening Global Bank Resolution Frameworks

FSB Publications

Published January 21st, 2026

Detected March 12th, 2026

Summary

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) released its 2025 Resolution Report, detailing progress in strengthening global resolution frameworks for banks, insurers, and financial market infrastructures. The report highlights achievements in 2025 and outlines future work to enhance crisis preparedness and operationalize resolution tools.

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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published its 2025 Resolution Report, titled "From Plans to Practice: Operationalising Resolution." This report summarizes the FSB's progress in 2025 towards strengthening global resolution frameworks, including work on transfer tools, bail-in execution, and recovery and resolution planning for insurers. It also reviews resolvability assessments for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) and central counterparties (CCPs).

The report identifies ongoing challenges, such as funding in resolution and cross-border bail-in execution, and outlines the FSB's plans for 2026 to address these issues and ensure consistent implementation of global standards. Regulated entities, particularly large financial institutions, should be aware of the ongoing international efforts to enhance resolution capabilities and crisis preparedness.

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Publications Progress Reports 2025 Resolution Report: “From Plans to Practice: Operationalising Resolution”
This report highlights the FSB’s ongoing efforts to strengthen global resolution frameworks for banks, insurers, and financial market infrastructures.

The report reviews the progress made in 2025, including the publication of a practices paper on transfer tools, the formation of a task force on bail-in execution, and updates to guidance on recovery and resolution planning for insurers. It also provides a summary of results from the resolvability assessments for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) and central counterparties (CCPs).

Looking ahead, the FSB will focus on addressing challenges identified in recent crises, such as funding in resolution and cross-border bail-in execution, while continuing to monitor and support consistent implementation of global standards and operationalisation of resolution tools across the sectors.

Press Release

21 January 2026 FSB outlines further work to make resolution frameworks operational

Progress report reviews the achievements in 2025, and outlines plans to further strengthen global resolution frameworks and crisis preparedness in 2026.

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