Capital / Liquidity

Bank of Laos to Establish Centralised Foreign Exchange Market

By Editors | 14/08/2024

The central bank signed an MoU with 15 banks to establish the new platform, which will help the country move away from informal currency exchange channels.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Tightens Norms for HFCs to Align with NBFCs

By Ajoy K Das | 14/08/2024

The regulatory changes, effective January 2025, cover requirements on liquid assets and handling of public deposits, among other areas.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Issues Supplementary Guidance on Market Risk, CVA Risk

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/08/2024

The guidance clarifies that funding swaps should typically be assigned to the trading book unless designated as hedging instruments under hedge accounting.

Crypto / Digital Assets

DBS Pilots New Blockchain-Powered Treasury Management Platform

By Nithya Subramanian | 14/08/2024

DBS said Ant International will pilot the platform, reducing the time taken to settle cross-border intra-group transactions to seconds.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Proposes Revisions to Guidance on Fair Value Practices

By Manesh Samtani | 14/08/2024

The HKMA said the guidance is “especially important for positions without quoted prices in active markets or observable inputs to valuation, as well as less liquid positions.”

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan FSC Urges Banks to Embrace Fintech in Lending Practices

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/08/2024

The FSC encourages banks to test the use of big data analytics and financial assessment models to replace income documentation for unsecured credit loans.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Starts Supplying Liquidity to Firms Hit By E-Commerce Crisis

By Mark Johnston | 12/08/2024

A series of reforms are also planned to prevent a recurrence of the liquidity crisis at e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice.

Capital / Liquidity

US Fed Finalises New Guidance on Banks Resolution Plans

By Editors | 09/08/2024

The final guidance generally applies to banks, including foreign banks, with over $250bn in total assets, but not G-SIBs.

Capital / Liquidity

US SEC Investigates Banks Over Interest Underpayments

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/08/2024

The SEC is probing some of the major US banks over allegations that they systematically cheated customers out of interest on deposits.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Proposes Regulatory Principles for Managing Credit Models

By Ajoy K Das | 06/08/2024

Lenders using models from third parties have to ensure the contractual arrangements allow supervisory evaluations of the models by the RBI.

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