Operational Risk

Emerging Prudential Risks

Three Emerging Risk Issues for Banks in Hong Kong

By Simon Topping | 09/01/2020

There are three key areas where Hong Kong regulators are expected to turn up the heat in 2020, says KPMG’s Simon Topping.

Emerging Prudential Risks

CBIRC Issues Guidance on Banking, Insurance Sector Development

By Editors | 08/01/2020

The guidance sets 5-year targets for banks and insurers to improve in areas such as governance, risk management, financial product development and fintech innovation.

Liquidity Risk

Philippines Adopts Guidelines for Bank Reporting of Intraday Liquidity

By Editors | 07/01/2020

Universal banks, commercial banks and their subsidiary thrift banks and quasi-banks are required to submit the ‘report on intraday liquidity’ by end-June 2021, and every month thereafter.

Structural Regulation

Philippines Approves Introductory Rules for Islamic Banking

By Editors | 06/01/2020

The BSP has released guidelines for the establishment of Islamic banks and Islamic banking units in the Philippines, along with a newly-approved Shari’ah governance framework.

Operational Risk

Australian Banks Offer Emergency Relief to Bushfire Victims

By Editors | 05/01/2020

The services being offered by ABA member banks to help customers include fee waivers, loan repayment deferrals, and additional financing to help cover cash flow shortages.

Credit Risk

UPDATE – RBI Tightens Scrutiny of Urban Cooperative Banks

By Editors | 31/12/2019

The RBI is tightening exposure limits, mandating that a larger proportion of loans come from small borrowers, and requiring bigger UCBs to report large exposures on a quarterly basis.

Operational Risk

ANZ Announces New Remediation Costs to ‘Fix’ 3.4m Customer Accounts

By Editors | 19/12/2019

At its AGM on Tuesday, ANZ announced an additional A$682mn charge for remediation work, where a total 3.4 million accounts “need fixing”.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ASIC Urges More Progress to Improve Insurance in Superannuation

By Editors | 18/12/2019

ASIC has observed improvements by a “significant number of trustees” as a result of the industry’s implementation of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice.

Anti-Money Laundering

APRA Investigates Westpac, Imposes Capital Surcharge

By Editors | 17/12/2019

APRA’s investigation will focus on the conduct that led to Westpac’s alleged 23 million AML breaches, and whether its senior managers breached the Banking Act, including the BEAR.