Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

CBSL Direct Banks to Halt Dividends as Sri Lanka Crisis Ensues

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 13/05/2022

Sri Lanka has appointed a new prime minister after protests turned violent. Banks are told to suspend discretionary payments through the “prevailing macroeconomic tumult”

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Issues Guidelines on Strengthening Rural Bank Competitiveness

By Editors | 11/05/2022

The guidelines set out options to strengthen the rural banking sector, including through mergers, acquisitions or third party investment.

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea Directs Banks to Strengthen Capital, Risk Management

By Editors | 11/05/2022

Banks are asked to strengthen loss absorption capacity, FX liquidity management, credit risk monitoring and bad debt provisioning.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Surprises Market with Interest Rate Hike

By Editors | 06/05/2022

The RBI also increased the cash reserve ratio, the percentage of cash that banks need to keep in reserve against their total deposits.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong Banks Barred from Suing Defaulting Landlords

By Manesh Samtani | 05/05/2022

For 3 months, lenders may not take action against landlords who default on secured loans as a result of a rental enforcement moratorium being imposed in Hong Kong.

Capital / Liquidity

ISDA to Recognise China as Clean Netting Jurisdiction

By Editors | 04/05/2022

ISDA plans to publish a legal opinion recognising China as a jurisdiction in which close-out netting can be applied, paving the way for a more diversified onshore derivatives transactions.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC, CBIRC Issue Rules to Improve G-SIB Loss-absorbing Capacity

By Editors | 03/05/2022

The notice is aimed at facilitating the issuance of non-capital bonds with loss-absorbing capacity by Chinese D-SIBs.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Updates LCR Guidance for Commercial Banks

By Editors | 30/04/2022

Banks can include government securities worth up to 16 percent of their NDTL in their LCR calculations, compared to 15 percent under earlier guidance.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Banks Warned Against Overly Generous Interest Waivers

By Editors | 29/04/2022

The central bank says some banks are waiving interest on loans too generously, a practice which could lead clients to lose interest in timely repayment.