CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Crypto / Digital Assets

ECB Official Says MiCA Still Needs Further Strengthening

By Manesh Samtani | 10/04/2023

Pre-collapsed FTX and today’s Binance would not meet the threshold for classification as ‘significant’ CASPs. Even if they did, stricter requirements wouldn’t apply.

Big Picture

Bank Capital Requirements Should Account for Geopolitical Risks: IMF

By Manesh Samtani | 06/04/2023

The IMF suggests geopolitical risks should feed into stress testing, scenario analysis and requirements for banks to hold capital and liquidity buffers.

Capital / Liquidity

FDIC Retains BlackRock Unit to Sell SVB, Signature Bank Securities

By Editors | 05/04/2023

The FDIC retained BlackRock Financial Market Advisory to sell about $114bn in securities. Signature Bank loans still in receivership will be marketed “later this summer”.

Capital / Liquidity

IMF Bailout Presents Uncertain Outcome for Sri Lanka’s Banks

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 04/04/2023

The IMF estimates the banking sector recapitalisation needs around 6 percent of 2022 GDP. Local banks so far have opposed a domestic debt restructuring.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Propose Measures to Address Risks in Mutual Finance Sector

By Editors | 04/04/2023

Regulators proposed to raise the loan loss reserve requirement for lending to real estate and construction firms to boost loss-absorbing capacity.

Capital / Liquidity

US Lawmakers Propose ‘Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act’

By Editors | 04/04/2023

The proposed bill would require the FDIC to claw back “all or part” of the compensation paid to executives in the five years preceding a bank’s failure.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Finalises Framework for Imposing DTI-based Lending Curbs

By Editors | 03/04/2023

Banks have 12 months to prepare their systems for the possible implementation of mortgage lending restrictions based on debt-to-income ratios.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Offers Regulatory Relief to Promote Islamic Banking

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/04/2023

The BSP is offering relief from minimum capital requirements to incentivise conventional banks to develop the Islamic banking market.

Capital / Liquidity

Swiss Prosecutor Opens Criminal Probe Into Credit Suisse Takeover

By Editors | 03/04/2023

The prosecutor is looking into potential breaches of Switzerland’s criminal law by government officials, regulators and bank executives.