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Capital / Liquidity
FSC Korea to Further Normalise Bank LCR Requirement in H2
By Editors | 22/05/2024
The FSC also decided to extend regulatory relaxations available to financial investment companies, specialised credit finance businesses, and savings banks.
Capital / Liquidity
FSC Korea Proposes Rule Changes to Boost Microfinance Support
By Editors | 22/05/2024
The FSC proposes to temporarily increase the rate of contributions financial companies make towards providing microloans to vulnerable individuals.
Capital / Liquidity
Japan’s Norinchukin Bank to Raise $7.7b in Capital
By Manesh Samtani | 22/05/2024
The bank needs to strengthen its capital base after interest rate increases went beyond expectations and caused significant unrealised losses on its foreign bond investments.
Capital / Liquidity
FSC Korea Permits Daegu Bank to Convert Banking Licence
By Editors | 22/05/2024
Daegu Bank will be the first regional bank to convert into a nationwide bank. It will also be the first new commercial bank in 32 years.
Capital / Liquidity
Japan FSA to Take Control of Two Regional Banks
By Editors | 22/05/2024
The FSA will obtain 63 percent of voting rights in Jimoto Holdings, which operates Kirayaka Bank and Sendai Bank.
Capital / Liquidity
OJK Indonesia Launches Roadmap to Strengthen Rural Banks
By Editors | 21/05/2024
The main focus will be on strengthening capital, accelerating consolidation, and strengthening governance practices, OJK said.
Capital / Liquidity
China Unveils New Package of Measures for Property Market
By Editors | 20/05/2024
The measures include the purchase of unsold homes from developers by local governments to turn them into affordable housing.
Big Picture
Digitisation of Finance Can Create and Amplify Risks: BCBS
By Nithya Subramanian | 17/05/2024
New BCBS report offers recommendations for banks to consider to mitigate digitalisation-related risks.
Capital / Liquidity
MAS Issues Notice on Basel III Implementation
By Editors | 17/05/2024
MAS issued a notice to cancel the 2012 MAS Notice 637 and implement a new notice on the Basel III reforms with effect from 1 July 2024.
Capital / Liquidity
FSA Japan Issues Order Over Use of Falsified Data in Stress Tests
By Nithya Subramanian | 16/05/2024
Avatrade Japan used falsified data in stress tests to conceal its poor results and avoid having to increase capital.
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