Capital / Liquidity

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Investigates Westpac, Imposes Capital Surcharge

    By Editors | 17/12/2019

    APRA’s investigation will focus on the conduct that led to Westpac’s alleged 23 million AML breaches, and whether its senior managers breached the Banking Act, including the BEAR.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Basel Committee Launches Consolidated Basel Framework

    By Editors | 16/12/2019

    The framework brings together all of the Basel Committee’s global standards for the regulation and supervision of banks.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Updates Prudential Standard on Credit Risk Management

    By Editors | 13/12/2019

    The revised prudential standard on credit risk management will come into effect from 1 January 2021, six months later than was proposed in a March consultation.

    AML / KYC

    BCBS Solicits Comments on Prudential Treatment for Crypto Assets

    By Manesh Samtani | 12/12/2019

    The BCBS proposes to allocate direct crypto-asset holdings to the banking book, and indirect exposures to the trading book, while prohibiting the use of internal models to calculate market risk.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Issues Final Operational Risk Requirements for ADIs

    By Editors | 12/12/2019

    The prudential standard comes into effect from 1 January 2021 for ADIs using advanced measurement approaches to calculate the required capital for operational risk.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Defends Against Rumours of Hong Kong Stability Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 12/12/2019

    The HKMA has not seen any large-scale outflow of funds from Hong Kong and the banking system had sufficient capital and liquidity to withstand any impact.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Hong Kong Introduces New Loan Guarantee Scheme for SMEs

    By Editors | 10/12/2019

    LegCo has approved HK$33bn in funding to provide 90% guarantees on approved loans taken out by eligible enterprises and professionals seeking to set up their own practices.

    Capital / Liquidity

    ASIC Offers Clarity on Responsible Lending Obligations

    By Editors | 09/12/2019

    ASIC has clarified when a licensee might undertake more or less detailed inquiries and verification steps based on different consumer circumstances and the type of credit being sought.

    Capital / Liquidity

    India Finalises ‘On-Tap’ Licensing Regime for Small Finance Banks

    By Editors | 06/12/2019

    India’s central bank has issued its final guidelines for ‘on-tap’ licensing of small finance banks, doubling the minimum capital requirement to 2 billion rupees.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBNZ Final Capital Rules Require Banks to Raise NZ$20bn

    By Garima Chitkara | 06/12/2019

    New Zealand’s big four banks will have to increase capital to 18% of RWAs, and smaller banks to 16% of RWAs. Seven years will be given to implement the changes.

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