The European Securities and Markets Authority has adopted a new Digital Strategy for 2026–2028 and updated its Data Strategy for 2023–2028, aligning its digitalisation agenda with simplification and burden reduction. The package is framed around smarter regulatory reporting and technology-driven supervision, with an emphasis on reducing unnecessary complexity across ESMA and the European System of Financial Supervision. The Digital Strategy sets a roadmap focused on building EU digital synergies, enhancing the digital capabilities of ESMA and the European System of Financial Supervision, improving operational efficiency, and establishing a secure and future-ready ecosystem. The updated Data Strategy keeps its existing objectives but adds new actions including flagship initiatives to streamline supervisory reporting in transaction data and the funds domain, expanding the ESMA Data Platform for national and European authorities, implementing the next phases of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) joint supervisory tool for crypto-market monitoring, and finalising the European Single Access Point. Delivery will be guided by the roadmaps under both strategies, with ESMA expecting to converge them into a unified strategy by 2029.
European Securities and Markets Authority 2026-01-13
European Securities and Markets Authority adopts Digital Strategy 2026–2028 and updates Data Strategy to streamline reporting and supervision
The European Securities and Markets Authority has adopted a new Digital Strategy for 2026–2028 and updated its Data Strategy for 2023–2028, focusing on smarter regulatory reporting and technology-driven supervision. Key initiatives include enhancing digital capabilities, streamlining supervisory reporting, expanding the ESMA Data Platform, and implementing the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) joint supervisory tool, with plans to unify these strategies by 2029.