CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Starts Supplying Liquidity to Firms Hit By E-Commerce Crisis

By Mark Johnston | 12/08/2024

A series of reforms are also planned to prevent a recurrence of the liquidity crisis at e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice.

Capital / Liquidity

US Fed Finalises New Guidance on Banks Resolution Plans

By Editors | 09/08/2024

The final guidance generally applies to banks, including foreign banks, with over $250bn in total assets, but not G-SIBs.

Capital / Liquidity

US SEC Investigates Banks Over Interest Underpayments

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/08/2024

The SEC is probing some of the major US banks over allegations that they systematically cheated customers out of interest on deposits.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Proposes Regulatory Principles for Managing Credit Models

By Ajoy K Das | 06/08/2024

Lenders using models from third parties have to ensure the contractual arrangements allow supervisory evaluations of the models by the RBI.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Confirms Plans to Simplify Three-Tier Banking System

By Manesh Samtani | 06/08/2024

Deposit-taking companies will have a five-year transition period to meet a HK$100mn capital requirement, compared to HK$25mn.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Revises NPA Provisioning Norms for Cooperative Banks

By Ajoy K Das | 05/08/2024

The RBI’s instructions aim to ensure uniformity in the treatment of Bad and Doubtful Debt Reserves for prudential purposes.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Directs UCBs to Discontinue “Dividend Equalisation Funds”

By Ajoy K Das | 01/08/2024

UCBs have been accumulating profits from previous years in dedicated funds to use for future dividend payments.

Sanctions

Austria’s Raiffeisen Working to Sell 60pc of Russian Unit

By Editors | 31/07/2024

Raiffeisen is trying to coordinate with Russian, European and US authorities to sell a 60% stake in its Russian unit.

Big Picture

Stablecoins Weaken Liquidity Ratios of Banks: ECB Paper

By Editors | 31/07/2024

Banks that issue their own stablecoins or collect deposits from stablecoin issuers would see their liquidity ratios decline.