FinDatEx

The joint FinDatEx structure was established by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), the European Banking Federation (EBF), Insurance Europe (link), the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG), the European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB) and the European Structured Investment Products Association (EUSIPA). In October 2019, the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB) joined, followed by Pensions Europe in April 2021.

FinDatEx aims to allow representatives of the EU financial services sectors to :

• Collectively decide on the need to develop or disband standards, in the form of technical templates, to facilitate the exchange of data between stakeholders in application of European Financial markets legislation
• Coordinate and organise the standardisation work carried out by experts from the different financial services industry.
• Help disseminate agreed technical templates to relevant EU financial services’ actors

FinDatEx aims to be inclusive, open and transparent to all EU financial services representatives from all sectors affected by the standardisation process. FinDatEx templates are not compulsory, provided to the industry free of charge and are free of any intellectual property rights.

The joint structure builds on the successful informal collaboration within the European Working Group (EWG), to which a number of stakeholders contributed, including European and national associations and companies from various financial services sectors as well as the Club Ampere.