14/01/2026 (Agence Europe) – The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) - EBA, ESMA and EIOPA - signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of England (BoE), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Wednesday 14 January to strengthen their cooperation on the oversight of critical ICT third-party service providers (CTPPs), in line with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This MoU establishes clear principles and procedures for cooperation, information sharing and coordination of oversight activities. Prior to signing the MoU, the ESAs carried out an assessment which confirmed the equivalence of the UK’s confidentiality and professional secrecy regime with that of ‘DORA’. Read the Memorandum of Understanding: https://aeur.eu/f/k8o ; and the assessment of the equivalence of the confidentiality and professional secrecy regimes: https://aeur.eu/f/k8p (AD)