CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Cuts Reserve Requirement Ratios for Smaller Banks

By Editors | 07/05/2019

China’s central bank has cut the reserve requirement ratio for smaller, locally focused banks. This is the sixth RRR cut since the start of 2018.

Capital / Liquidity

10 Major Chinese Banks Planning Perpetual Bond Issuances

By Editors | 03/05/2019

Following BOC’s perpetual bond issuance in January, 10 more Chinese banks have announced plans to issue similar bonds, including ABC, ICBC and CCB.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Must Disclose Bank Inspection Reports – Supreme Court

By Editors | 03/05/2019

The RBI has been ordered by the India’s highest court to disclose its annual banking inspection report, which contains sensitive commercial information of banks.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Issues Stricter Rules for Banks on Loan Classification

By Editors | 02/05/2019

The new rules broaden the range of assets banks have to classify. If more than 5% of a borrower’s loans are 90 days past due, all loans from that borrower will be classified as non-performing.

Capital / Liquidity

Eight Jurisdictions Yet to Adopt Resolution Frameworks – FSB

By Garima Chitkara | 30/04/2019

Eight major jurisdictions are yet to adopt resolution planning. Further work is needed on resolution planning for D-SIBs and other banks, as well as on cross-border cooperation on bank resolutions.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI Cuts Net Worth Requirements for Gift City Clearing Corporations

By Editors | 29/04/2019

SEBI slashes minimum net worth requirements for clearing corporations operating in India’s international financial services centre from 3 billion to 1 billion rupees.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Relaxes Loan Classification Rules

By Editors | 29/04/2019

From 30 June, loans will be classified as ‘bad’ only once they have been overdue for at least 12 months, compared to nine months previously, among other changes.

Fintech / Regtech

UPDATED – K-Bank Financing Plan Halted Amid Antitrust Probe

By Editors | 25/04/2019

KT Corporation was planning to up its stake in the internet-only bank to 34%, but the FSC put its review process on hold amid an FTC antitrust probe.

Fintech / Regtech

China’s New P2P Rules Could Shut Out 90pc of Platforms

By Editors | 17/04/2019

Only 100 P2P lending platforms are expected to qualify for new licences under the new registration system set to be introduced later this year.