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Member ecosystem

The ABBL brings together its members through a dynamic structure of clusters, working groups, technical committees and forums. Over 2,500 banking professionals collaborate to shape the future of Luxembourg’s financial industry.

As a member of the ABBL, you are part of a dynamic ecosystem where your voice matters. By contributing your expertise, you help shape the future of Luxembourg’s banking and financial sector. Whether you want to influence policy, stay ahead of market developments or connect with peers facing similar challenges, the ABBL offers a place for you to engage, collaborate and grow.

The ABBL member ecosystem is structured in:

Business Clusters – Strategic groups by sector to align with market evolution

Clusters bring together senior professionals and industry leaders to exchange views on strategic developments, assess market trends, and develop sector-specific recommendations. They can set up working groups and task forces to handle specific topics in more details.

Each cluster is chaired by a Chairperson, who also sits on the ABBL Board to ensure the cluster’s voice contributes to the association’s overall governance.

The ABBL is structured around five core business clusters, each representing a major segment of the banking sector:

Technical Committees – Your voice on regulation and technical matters

Technical committees form the backbone of the ABBL’s regulatory and operational expertise.

They include specialists from member institutions, supported by ABBL experts, and play a key role in producing guidance, formulating positions, and engaging with regulatory authorities at both national and EU level.

They can also set up working groups and task forces to handle specific topics in more details.

These cross-sector bodies focus on topics such as:

Working Groups and Task Forces – Rapid response teams for emerging issues

Working groups and Task forces are the most flexible and focused units in the ABBL ecosystem. Created in response to specific developments—such as new EU regulations, market innovations, or supervisory initiatives—they:

  • Deliver targeted feedback and position papers.
  • Coordinate sector-wide responses to consultations.
  • Produce practical implementation guidelines.

They are temporary by design, but their work is often essential to informing both strategic direction and day-to-day compliance.

Depositary Banking

  • Depositary Practices UCITS (WG)
  • Look-through & Control (WG)

Payments

  • CESOP (TF)
  • European Payments Initiative (TF)
  • Instant Payments (TF)
  • LuxTrust Services (TF)
  • PSD3/PSR (TF)
  • Payment Standards (TF)


Private Banking

  • External Asset Managers (WG)
  • Investment Firms (WG)
  • ABBL/ACA- task force on Private Equity (TF)
  • External Asset Managers/Investment Firms (TF)


Retail Banking

  • Accessibility requirements for products & services (WG)
  • Financial Education and Inclusion (WG)
  • Mortgage & Consumer Credits (WG)
  • Physical Security (WG)
  • Retail Banking Survey (WG)
  • Affordable Housing (TF)
  • Pre-filled tax return (TF)


Corporate Banking

  • Statistics & Market Intelligence (WG)


Banking Supervision

  • Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive (WG)
  • CRDVI Implementation for TCB (WG)
  • Credit Risk (WG)
  • Operational Risk (WG)
  • Third party risk management (WG)
  • CRD6 transposition for Brazilian TCBs (TF)
  • Review of the Long Form Report (TF)
  • Saving and Investment SIU (TF)


Digitalisation

  • Artificial Intelligence (WG)
  • Tokenisation and Distributed Ledger Technology (WG)
  • Trust and Cybersecurity (WG)
  • Digital Euro (TF)
  • DORA Assessment (TF)
  • DORA Mutualisation (TF)
  • e-ID (TF)
  • FIDA: Financial Information Data Access Regulation (TF)
  • Green ICT Adoption (TF)
  • Online Fraud (TF)


Financial Markets

  • Advisory & Investment Services (WG)
  • Benchmarks Regulation (Sub-WG)
  • Capital Markets Funding & Securitisation (WG)
  • Trading (Sub-WG)
  • Market Infrastructures (WG)
  • Joint Working Group ABBL/LuxCMA on Market Infrastructures (WG)
  • MIFID Guidelines – Investor Protection (TF)


Fiscal Affairs

  • Corporate Taxation (WG)
  • Human Resources Taxation (WG)
  • Investment Income (WG)
  • Tax Reporting Standards (WG)
  • VAT (WG)


Legal Affairs

  • Archiving (WG)
  • Data Protection (WG)
  • Inactive Accounts (WG)
  • Insolvency (WG)
  • Luxembourg LMA Facility Agreement (TF)
  • Modernisation BGA Law (TF)
  • Rechargeable mortgage (TF)


Professional Obligations

  • AML/CFT Handbook (WG)
  • Compliance Expert Gr. (in collab. with the CSSF/FIU) (WG)
  • Private Banking Expert Gr. (in collab. with the CSSF/FIU) (WG)
  • Reporting obligations with CRF (WG)
  • Sanctions Regime (WG)
  • KYC and bank account opening (TF)


Social Affairs

  • Study of the Social Situation of the Banking Sector (WG)
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WG)
  • EU Pay Transparency Directive (TF)
  • Talent Attraction and Retention (TF)


Sustainability

  • Corporate Sustainability (WG)
  • EU Taxonomy and Labels (WG)
  • ESG Data Utility (TF)
  • Regulatory Sustainability Best Practices (TF)
  • ESG Risk (TF)
  • Green Mortgage Loans (TF)


Special Working Groups & Others

  • SEPA (WG)
  • Attractiveness of the Luxembourg financial centre
  • FinTech Circle

Forums – Dialogue platforms for transversal topics

ABBL forums serve as horizontal platforms that bring together members across different clusters to address emerging or transversal issues. These include:

  • Bank Governance Forum
  • Chief Financial Officers Forum
  • Consultants & Auditors Forum
  • FinTech & Innovation Forum
  • Law Firms Forum
  • Forum for Payment Institutions & Electronic Money Institutions

Forums encourage dialogue between banks, fintechs, regulators, and external stakeholders, fostering a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and co-creation.

Forums are open to any person working with an ABBL member.

Communities – Peer networks by profession or role

ABBL communities are role-based networks that connect professionals facing similar operational or managerial challenges. They are valuable for sharing best practices, benchmarking approaches, and building professional connections in a trusted environment. These groups may include:

  • Banking Supervision Community
  • Compliance Community
  • Data Protection Community
  • Financial Markets Community
  • HR Community – for HR contacts only
  • Legal Community
  • MiFID Community
  • Payments Community
  • Sustainability Community
  • Tax Community
  • Cybersecurity Community
  • Cloud Computing Community
Sarah Odru

Sarah Odru

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