Principal Activities
ECRI aims at improving the understanding of retail financial services markets, with a special focus on competition and regulatory issues.
1. RESEARCH
- ECRI Research Reports present in-depth analyses of the key issues affecting retail financial services in the member states of the European Union.
- ECRI Policy Briefs give overviews of ongoing regulatory or policy initiatives impacting the European retail financial services landscape.
- ECRI Commentaries provide informed insights and views on the EU retail financial services market and the latest regulatory developments.
- ECRI Statistical Packages offer a comprehensive annually updated dataset that presents the latest available statistical information on credit to households.
- ECRI Databases hold systematically compiled data on regulations and legislation in the area of banking and credit, credit reporting and data protection.
- ECRI participates in large-scale research projects in cooperation with other international researchers and research institutions. ECRI has also conducted research for the European Commission and the World Bank.
2. CONFERENCES
ECRI seminars and workshops debate emerging policy questions and provide a platform for an open exchange of views among policy-makers, academics, industry representatives and consumer associations.
3. ECRI WEBSITE
The Institute's website (www.ecri.eu) offers the latest ECRI news, publications and policy monitoring. Different sections on events, research projects and a categorised library keep visitors updated about developments in Europe. ECRI members have access to a restricted area featuring special databases and documents.
4.NEWSLETTER
ECRI News provides information about past, current and upcoming regulatory developments in the European market for retail financial services, ongoing and planned ECRI research projects and other activities of the Institute.
5. ECRI NETWORK
ECRI has a vast interacts with a broad network of cooperation partners, including the World Bank, DIW Berlin, the Personal Finance Research Centre in the UK and the European Savings Institute in France. ECRI is a founding member of the Consumer Finance Network, a research network composed of academics from nine different countries across Europe.
