Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ to Restrict Foreign Banks’ Branches from Retail Business

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/08/2022

The RBNZ also proposes to limit the maximum size of a branch of an overseas bank to NZD 15 billion (USD 9.3 billion) in total assets.

Capital / Liquidity

CFTC Extends No-action Relief for Foreign Nonbank Swap Dealers

By Editors | 24/08/2022

Nonbank swap dealers domiciled in Japan, Mexico, the UK and EU can rely on compliance with home country capital and financial reporting requirements until October 2024.

Capital / Liquidity

ECB Targets Harmonisation of Crypto Licensing Requirements

By Editors | 24/08/2022

The ECB will look to ensure capital requirements criteria are applied when national regulators assess crypto-related licensing requests.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Cuts Mortgage Rates, Calls on Banks to Lend More

By Editors | 22/08/2022

The PBOC plans to offer special loans to financial institutions to help them increase lending to property developers.

Capital / Liquidity

Henan Authorities Repay More Frozen Deposits at Rural Banks

By Editors | 22/08/2022

The latest round of repayments are being made to individuals with deposits of between CNY 350,000 and CNY 400,000.

Capital / Liquidity

China to Pilot Initiative to Speed Up NPL Disposals

By Editors | 18/08/2022

Authorities will initially consider selecting six provinces to pilot an initiative to speed up the disposal of bad loans from small- and medium-sized banks.

Capital / Liquidity

China to Issue Guarantees on Bonds Issued by Developers

By Editors | 17/08/2022

State-owned China Bond Insurance will give unconditional and irrevocable joint liability guarantees for batches of bond sales in the interbank market.

Capital / Liquidity

Property Crisis Prompts Unexpected Rate Cuts from PBOC

By Editors | 16/08/2022

Property developers have lost about $55bn in share value and $35bn in their debt value since the beginning of the year.

Capital / Liquidity

China Banking Association Offers Guidance on Accounting Standards

By Editors | 15/08/2022

The guidelines will help to standardise banks’ practices for valuing financial instruments and improve the comparability of reported financial indicators.