ESMA’s digital and data strategies support supervision of EU financial markets
15 January 2026 France
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has adopted a new Digital Strategy and updated its Data Strategy.
They reflect ESMA’s commitment to smarter regulatory reporting and technology-driven supervision, promoting synergies and innovation while reducing unnecessary complexity.
The Digital Strategy aims to continue ESMA’s digital transformation, while the Data Strategy update is orientated to capitalise on opportunities to simplify, better integrate, and streamline data management and technology.
The new ‘ESMA Digital Strategy 2026-2028’ sets out a roadmap for innovation, efficiency, and resilience.
The key objectives include: building EU digital synergies, enhancing digital capabilities of ESMA and the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS), bolstering operational efficiency, and establishing a secure and future-ready ecosystem.
The ‘ESMA Data Strategy 2026-2028’ has been updated to reflect the focus on burden reduction, the evolving technological landscape, and ESMA’s desire for unlocking efficiency opportunities.
While its key objectives remain the same, the key new actions include: flagship initiatives related to streamlining supervisory reporting, relating to transaction data and in the funds domain.
It also involves expanding the capacity of the ESMA data platform to benefit national and European authorities, implementing next phases of the MiCA joint supervisory tool for crypto-market monitoring.
Finalising the development of the European Single Access Point (ESAP) is also included.
These goals are in line with ESMA’s wider simplification and burden reduction initiative launched last year.
With the alignment of both the digital and data strategies, ESMA ensures that innovation and technology translate into tangible benefits for stakeholders, with more possibilities for synergies and digital transformation across ESMA and ESFS at large.
ESMA chair, Verena Ross, says: “ESMA is committed to smarter regulation and supervision, and this drives our dual focus on digitalisation and simplification.
“These two strategies support a digitally mature, resilient, and agile authority that understands the importance of data for its community.
“By helping to drive the digital transformation of the European System of Financial Supervision we reinforce a more efficient, transparent, and resilient financial ecosystem for the EU.”
They reflect ESMA’s commitment to smarter regulatory reporting and technology-driven supervision, promoting synergies and innovation while reducing unnecessary complexity.
The Digital Strategy aims to continue ESMA’s digital transformation, while the Data Strategy update is orientated to capitalise on opportunities to simplify, better integrate, and streamline data management and technology.
The new ‘ESMA Digital Strategy 2026-2028’ sets out a roadmap for innovation, efficiency, and resilience.
The key objectives include: building EU digital synergies, enhancing digital capabilities of ESMA and the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS), bolstering operational efficiency, and establishing a secure and future-ready ecosystem.
The ‘ESMA Data Strategy 2026-2028’ has been updated to reflect the focus on burden reduction, the evolving technological landscape, and ESMA’s desire for unlocking efficiency opportunities.
While its key objectives remain the same, the key new actions include: flagship initiatives related to streamlining supervisory reporting, relating to transaction data and in the funds domain.
It also involves expanding the capacity of the ESMA data platform to benefit national and European authorities, implementing next phases of the MiCA joint supervisory tool for crypto-market monitoring.
Finalising the development of the European Single Access Point (ESAP) is also included.
These goals are in line with ESMA’s wider simplification and burden reduction initiative launched last year.
With the alignment of both the digital and data strategies, ESMA ensures that innovation and technology translate into tangible benefits for stakeholders, with more possibilities for synergies and digital transformation across ESMA and ESFS at large.
ESMA chair, Verena Ross, says: “ESMA is committed to smarter regulation and supervision, and this drives our dual focus on digitalisation and simplification.
“These two strategies support a digitally mature, resilient, and agile authority that understands the importance of data for its community.
“By helping to drive the digital transformation of the European System of Financial Supervision we reinforce a more efficient, transparent, and resilient financial ecosystem for the EU.”
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