Capital / Liquidity

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh Bank Spares No Effort to Boost CMSME Lending

    By Editors | 27/07/2020

    In the past week, the central bank has sharply eased loan classification and provisioning rules, and offered credit guarantees, to try and address an unwillingness among banks to lend to small businesses.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Warns of Rising Bad Loans, While Urging Against Risk Aversion

    By Editors | 27/07/2020

    In a ‘very severe shock’ scenario, 23 banks would fail to maintain the 9% capital-to-risk weighted assets ratio, and the NPA ratio would reach 14.7%.

    Capital / Liquidity

    CFTC Adopts New Swaps Rules Limiting Extraterritorial Oversight

    By Editors | 27/07/2020

    Chairman Heath Tarbert said it is unnecessary for the CFTC to be “the world’s policeman” for all swaps, given that most G20 jurisdictions have adopted similar swaps regulations.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Allows Banks to Defer Property Collateral Revaluations

    By Editors | 26/07/2020

    APRA points to physical access barriers and a high degree of uncertainty that create challenges for banks in updating commercial property valuations.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Signals Intent to Ease Bank Dividend Restrictions

    By Editors | 23/07/2020

    APRA will modify its capital management guidance next week to account for a ‘longer-term outlook’, chairman Wayne Byres said.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Korean Regulators Approves K Bank Recapitalisation Plan

    By Editors | 23/07/2020

    K Bank’s recapitalisation plan was halted last April, forcing Korea’s first internet-only bank to stop offering loan products. It is now looking to regain ground lost to Kakao Bank.

    Capital / Liquidity

    India to Privatise Majority of State-owned Banks – Report

    By Editors | 22/07/2020

    The government is looking to sell majority stakes in state-owned banks, but the plan may not be feasible this financial year due to poor market conditions and rising bad loans.

    Capital / Liquidity

    BSP Cuts Reserve Requirements for Smaller Banks

    By Editors | 21/07/2020

    The move to lower the reserve requirement ratio for thrift, rural and cooperative banks will release an estimated $200mn into the economy.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Beyond FRTB: Risk Management and Enterprise Data Opportunities

    By Editors | 20/07/2020

    FRTB is a significant global industry challenge, but the process to achieve its outcomes can harness value from data that can be applied throughout a bank’s operations.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Indonesia Gives Deposit Insurer Powers to Prevent Bank Failures

    By Editors | 19/07/2020

    The Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation can now raise its own funding and provide temporary liquidity support to banks outside of resolution.

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