Capital / Liquidity

Chinese Officials Ask Banks to ‘Bear the Costs’ of Rising Bad Debt

21/06/2020

Chinese banks are asked to sacrifice 1.5tr yuan in 2020 profits to support businesses through lower lending rates and fees, loan repayment deferrals, and bad debt write-offs.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Unveils Regulatory Framework for Housing Finance Companies

19/06/2020

The new framework introduces enhanced capital and liquidity requirements for HFCs, and restrictions on intra-group exposures, among other changes.

Fintech / Regtech

European Fintechs Launch New Industry Association

19/06/2020

The European FinTech Association will seek to remove cross-border barriers in financial services, including to streamline fragmented AML rules and address IBAN discrimination.

Fintech / Regtech

BOT Unveils New Project to Use CBDC for B2B Payments

19/06/2020

A CBDC prototype developed by Digital Ventures will be integrated with systems at industrial conglomerate Siam Cement PCL and its suppliers.

Enforcement

CFTC Settles Deutsche Bank Spoofing, Swaps Reporting Cases

19/06/2020

Deutsche Bank will pay $9mn for violating swap data reporting requirements during a system outage, and $1.25mn for spoofing carried out by two Tokyo-based traders.

Enforcement

SFC Publicly Criticises CICC Units for Breaching Takeovers Code

19/06/2020

CICC and CICC Financial Trading – as associates of the CICC securities unit advising on certain offers – dealt in the relevant securities without making timely disclosures.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Defers End Date of Covid-19 Loan Classification Rules

19/06/2020

Banks should not change the classification of loans between 1 January and 30 September this year, even if borrowers fail to meet their scheduled repayment obligations.

AML / KYC

US Passes Bill Threatening Sanctions Over Uyghur Human Rights

19/06/2020

The bill allows the US President to impose sanctions against Chinese officials identified as responsible for human rights abuses against Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.

AML / KYC

UK FCA Fines Commerzbank $47m for 5 Years of AML Failures

19/06/2020

Commerzbank’s London Branch failed to conduct periodic due diligence on clients, address transaction monitoring weaknesses, and to have adequate CDD policies and procedures in place.