ESMA_QA_2437
Topic
Suitability
12/02/2025
Subject Matter
Scope of the ECSPR - Calculation of threshold in point (c) of Article 1(2) of ECSPR
Question
How should the threshold laid down in point (c) of Article 1(2) of ECSPR be calculated?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2201
Topic
Control functions (Compliance, Risk and Audit)
27/05/2024
Subject Matter
Prudential requirements
Question
What is the seniority between the own funds and the insurance policy in case of losses for the CSP whose prudential safeguards are a combination of own funds and insurance policy (as allowed in point (c) of Article 11(2) of the ECSPR)?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2200
Topic
Control functions (Compliance, Risk and Audit)
27/05/2024
Subject Matter
Prudential requirements
Question
What should be done with a possible own risk excess of the insurance policy that CSPs subscribe to comply with the prudential safeguards established under Article 11 of the ECSPR?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2199
Topic
Control functions (Compliance, Risk and Audit)
27/05/2024
Subject Matter
Risk management framework
Question
Are all CSPs that facilitate granting loans required to have a risk management framework? Shall such a framework be based on risk categories for the loans offered by the CSP?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2198
Topic
Information to clients on topics other than costs and charges
27/05/2024
Subject Matter
Default rate disclosure
Question
Article 20 of the ECSPR requires CSPs who facilitate the granting of loans to annually disclose the information on the default rate of the crowdfunding projects over at least the preceding 36 months as well as the outcome statement on the expected and actual default rates along with the actual return achieved (for individual portfolio management of loans) of each financial year.

Should the reference period for the default rate disclosure include crowdfunding projects which started in the preceding 36 months, but which were offered on a crowdfunding platform of a CSP that, at the time of such offers, was providing crowdfunding services in accordance with the applicable national law before the expiration date of the transitional period established in Article 48 of the ECSPR?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business