CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    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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