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Capital / Liquidity
Financial Stability Institute Publishes Paper on LEX Standard
By Editors | 30/08/2022
The large exposures standard seeks to monitor and limit the loss an internationally active bank can face from a single client or a group of connected counterparties.
Capital / Liquidity
NZ Government Takes Direct Ownership of Kiwibank
By Editors | 28/08/2022
The government pledged to support Kiwibank, New Zealand’s fifth-largest retail bank, to become a “genuine competitor in the banking industry”.
Capital / Liquidity
Canada OFSI Issues Guidance on Bank Treatment of Crypto
By Mark Johnston | 28/08/2022
OFSI provides no recognition (i.e., a 100% haircut) for Group 2 cryptoassets held as collateral, but is seeking views on hedging practices that could warrant a lower haircut.
Capital / Liquidity
Vietnam Sets Targets to Improve Banking System Health
By Editors | 25/08/2022
The MOF also aspires to have two to three Vietnamese commercial banks classified as among the top 100 strongest banks in Asia by 2025.
Capital / Liquidity
RBNZ to Restrict Foreign Banks’ Branches from Retail Business
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/08/2022
The RBNZ also proposes to limit the maximum size of a branch of an overseas bank to NZD 15 billion (USD 9.3 billion) in total assets.
Capital / Liquidity
CFTC Extends No-action Relief for Foreign Nonbank Swap Dealers
By Editors | 24/08/2022
Nonbank swap dealers domiciled in Japan, Mexico, the UK and EU can rely on compliance with home country capital and financial reporting requirements until October 2024.
Capital / Liquidity
ECB Targets Harmonisation of Crypto Licensing Requirements
By Editors | 24/08/2022
The ECB will look to ensure capital requirements criteria are applied when national regulators assess crypto-related licensing requests.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Cuts Mortgage Rates, Calls on Banks to Lend More
By Editors | 22/08/2022
The PBOC plans to offer special loans to financial institutions to help them increase lending to property developers.
Capital / Liquidity
Henan Authorities Repay More Frozen Deposits at Rural Banks
By Editors | 22/08/2022
The latest round of repayments are being made to individuals with deposits of between CNY 350,000 and CNY 400,000.
Capital / Liquidity
China to Pilot Initiative to Speed Up NPL Disposals
By Editors | 18/08/2022
Authorities will initially consider selecting six provinces to pilot an initiative to speed up the disposal of bad loans from small- and medium-sized banks.
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