Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Asks Banks to Boost Monitoring of End Use of Loan Funds

By Editors | 20/03/2019

Following a string of penalties against banks last month, the RBI has asked banks to improve their monitoring of the origin and end use of loan funds.

Capital / Liquidity

Poorly Performing Japanese Banks to Face Added FSA Pressure

By Editors | 20/03/2019

The FSA plans to stress test Japanese regional banks by mid-year and issue business improvement orders and possible restrictions on poorly performing banks.

Capital / Liquidity

China Proposes Establishment of Independent Deposit Insurance Agency

By Editors | 19/03/2019

The proposed agency – the first of its kind in China – could help failed banks to exit the market, limit depositor losses, and prevent contagion effects when serious credit risk events arise.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Releases Latest List of Indian D-SIBs

By Editors | 18/03/2019

SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank will remain India’s D-SIBs this year. The additional CET1 capital they need to hold will rise in April.

Capital / Liquidity

China Banks Allowed Higher Bad Debt Ratios for ‘Inclusive’ Loans

By Editors | 18/03/2019

Regulators will tolerate higher NPL ratios on bank lending to small and micro companies, in a bid to improve access to financing for China’s ‘real economy’.

Market Infrastructure

ISDA, FIA, IIF Publish CCP Resolution Incentives Analysis

By Garima Chitkara | 18/03/2019

ISDA, FIA and IIF members dispute the appropriateness of extending the NCWOL safeguard to equity holders, and debate the size of the “skin-in-the-game” tranche.

Capital / Liquidity

British Banks Can Weather a No-Deal Brexit

By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2019

While UK banks may not be fully ready to conduct business in EU jurisdictions, from a liquidity and capital point of view they appear well-positioned to weather a no-deal Brexit scenario.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippines Extends Compliance Deadline for LCR, NSFR

By Editors | 11/03/2019

The BSP has given subsidiary banks and quasi-banks an extra year to meet the 100% LCR and NSFR requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

US Fed Considers Stricter Rules for Foreign Bank Branches

By Editors | 11/03/2019

Foreign banks say added requirements are unnecessary, as their US branches are limited in their activities, rarely hold federally insured deposits, and are subject to home country rules.