CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Official Warns Lenders of Need to Protect Asset Quality

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/11/2020

Sun Tianqi, appointed as head of the PBOC’s Financial Stability Bureau in May, urged commercial lenders to increase loan loss provisions and dispose of more NPLs.

AML / KYC

IMF Calls for Amendments to Philippine Bank Secrecy Laws

By Editors | 17/11/2020

The BSP should be granted “unimpaired access” to information on all customer accounts and the ability to employ and share depositor information for any prudential purpose.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Consults on Implementation of Bank Capital Changes

By Manesh Samtani | 17/11/2020

The RBNZ is consulting on new rules for the instruments that make up a bank’s capital, and proposed actions it will take if banks breach prudential capital buffer requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Finalises Guidance on Assessing CCP Financial Resources

By Editors | 16/11/2020

The guidance will support jurisdictions and authorities in determining whether there is a gap in the resources and tools available for CCP resolution.

Capital / Liquidity

BOT Allows Banks to Pay Dividend for 2020, Subject to Limit

By Editors | 16/11/2020

The move follows an order from the BOT for commercial banks to suspend interim dividend payments and share buybacks in June.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan Banks Asked to Bolster Controls on Mortgage Lending

By Editors | 15/11/2020

The central bank has said it could introduce selective credit controls if necessary to ensure financial system stability amid an over-heating property market.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Senate Passes Bill to Establish ‘Bad Bank’ Framework

By Editors | 15/11/2020

The bill was fast-tracked amid fears that loan defaults could burden lenders and hamper their ability to provide credit to businesses and consumers.

Capital / Liquidity

Pandemic Was ‘First Major Global Test’ of Post-Crisis Reforms: FSB

By Editors | 15/11/2020

The pandemic raised questions of whether the flexibility provided in the Basel framework is actually used by FIs, for example in the case of bank capital and liquidity buffers.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Publishes 2020 List of Global Systemically Important Banks

By Editors | 11/11/2020

JP Morgan and China Construction Bank were raised to a higher bucket; Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo were moved to a lower bucket.