CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Proposes DBS as Merger Partner to Rescue Lakshmi Vilas Bank

    By Editors | 18/11/2020

    The RBI has capped withdrawals from Lakshmi Vilas Bank and superseded the bank’s board due to its “rapidly deteriorating financial position”.

    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.

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