European Union approach to stress testing of banks

The diploma thesis deals with stress testing as a specific tool which is used by European Banking Association for banking sector financial stability assessment. The main aim is to provide reader with analysis of EBA stress testing. Both the EBA methodology and 2016 results are analyzed in second part. Due to high costs spend on stress testing process I consider practical usage from the bank point of view as very important. This issue is discussed in fourth part of this thesis.