Prudential Risk

    Market Risk

    BSP Allows More FIs to Engage in FX Transactions

    By Editors | 11/01/2022

    The amendments allow Islamic banks and digital banks to engage in FX transactions and streamline licensing requirements for banks.

    Liquidity Risk

    RBI Updates Liquidity Standards to Align with Basel Norms

    By Editors | 11/01/2022

    The RBI has raised the deposit threshold under which small business customers can be managed as retail deposits for the purposes of LCR and NSFR.

    Payments & Settlements

    SAFE Eases Cross-Border Investment, Trade in Pilot Zones

    By Editors | 11/01/2022

    High-tech MSMEs will be granted a quota to borrow money from overseas, and pilot projects for QFLPs and QDLPs will be carried out.

    Liquidity Risk

    Thai SEC Approves AMC Guidelines on Liquidity Management Tools

    By Editors | 10/01/2022

    The guidelines were issued by the AIMC to align industry practices on the use of liquidity risk management tools by fund managers.

    Operational Risk

    CBIRC Issues New Guidelines on Managing Outsourcing Risk

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/01/2022

    The guidelines emphasise the need for appropriate governance, differentiated controls based on the importance of outsourced functions, and awareness of concentration risk.

    Credit Risk

    China to Create National Platform for MSME Credit Data

    By Editors | 09/01/2022

    The platform will amass information about MSMEs from various sources for banks to use when providing credit to MSMEs.

    Payments & Settlements

    Philippines Caps Charges Allowed on Small Value Loans

    By Editors | 09/01/2022

    The caps apply to the charges imposed on borrowers of small-value loans by lending firms, financing companies and online lending platforms.

    Capital Adequacy

    Japan Extends Leverage Ratio Relaxation to Support Bank Lending

    By Editors | 09/01/2022

    Central bank deposits will be excluded from total exposure when calculating the leverage ratio until the end of March 2024.

    Trading & Investment

    Taiwan FSC Finalises Rule Relaxations for Investment Funds

    By Editors | 09/01/2022

    Greater flexibility is provided for investments in IPO stocks, low-unrated and rated and unrated bonds, and CoCo and TLAC bonds.

    Capital Adequacy

    RBI Publishes List of Indian D-SIBs for 2022  

    By Editors | 05/01/2022

    SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as D-SIBs, under the same bucketing structure as in the 2020 list.

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