Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Allows Digital Banks to Participate in Monetary Operations

By Editors | 30/11/2021

Digital banks and unit investment trust funds can also participate in the secondary market for central bank securities.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Imposes Restrictions on Urban Cooperative Bank

By Editors | 30/11/2021

Malkapur Urban Bank will continue to have the business and operational restrictions in place until its financial position improves.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Finalises New Capital Framework for Banks

By Manesh Samtani | 30/11/2021

The new framework seeks to strengthen financial resilience rather than require banks to raise additional capital, APRA says.

Enforcement

APRA Imposes Capital Surcharge on Heritage Bank

By Editors | 29/11/2021

Heritage Bank will also have to complete a remediation programme to address governance and risk management concerns.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Calls for Risk Governance Improvements at Westpac NZ

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 26/11/2021

An independent report found issues were acknowledged by the board for several years but they were not given due attention or effective remediation.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Proposes Scheme to Rescue PMC Bank Depositors

By Editors | 25/11/2021

PMC Bank will be merged into Unity Small Finance Bank, which was set up on 1 November by financial services conglomerate Centrum Group and fintech firm Bharatpe.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Consults on Potential Mortgage Lending Restrictions

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/11/2021

Banks need to prepare their systems for the future introduction of DSRs, and should be operationally ready to implement a regulated DTI limit by end-2022.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Publishes 2021 List of Global Systemically Important Banks

By Editors | 23/11/2021

JP Morgan, BNP and Goldman have moved to higher buckets, meaning they will have to hold larger capital buffers from 1 January 2023.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA to Require Banks to Maintain Surplus Self-securitised Assets

By Editors | 21/11/2021

Banks will have to hold 30 percent of their LCR net cash outflows in self-securitised assets as contingency for periods of stress.