Europe

Liquidity Risk

ECB Intensifies Bank Scrutiny to Maintain Stability

By Manesh Samtani | 31/07/2023

ECB will stop paying interest on minimum reserves, require weekly liquidity data, and impose capital add-ons for leveraged finance exposures.

Anti-Money Laundering

UK Updates Guidance to Implement Travel Rule for Cryptoasset Transfers

By Editors | 29/07/2023

The proposed guidance specifies the information on originators and beneficiaries that crypto exchanges and wallet providers must send, receive and verify as part of a cryptoasset transfer.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Publicly Traded Companies Globally Fall Short in Codes of Conduct: Study

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 27/07/2023

LRN’s study on 200 top-traded companies in Asia, Europe and North America found that only 17 percent of them had highly effective codes of conduct.

Anti-Money Laundering

UK and Australia Illicit Financing Co-ordination Dialogue

By Editors | 27/07/2023

High-level dialogue between UK and Australia reaffirms commitment to combat illicit financing and corruption.

Anti-Money Laundering

ESMA Withdraws Recognition Decisions for UAE CCPs

By Editors | 26/07/2023

The recognition decisions were withdrawn due to the UAE’s including in the EU’s AML blacklist.

Operational Risk

ECB Consults on Risk Data Aggregation and Reporting Guide

By Editors | 26/07/2023

ECB seeks feedback on effective risk data aggregation and reporting practices to strengthen banks’ risk management capabilities.

Anti-Money Laundering

Germany to Establish New Financial Intelligence Bureau

By Editors | 26/07/2023

The new Federal Bureau of Financial Intelligence will introduce a new investigations procedure and offer specialised AML training courses.

CBDCs

Banque de France Releases New Findings from CBDC Experiments

By Editors | 25/07/2023

Banque de France has determined that wholesale CBDC would improve cross-border payments, settlement finality, and security for a “vast range of financial assets”.

Credit Risk

UBS Penalised $388m Over Credit Suisse’s Archegos Failings

By Editors | 25/07/2023

US, UK, and Swiss regulators took coordinated action to punish the “unsafe and unsound” risk management practices at Credit Suisse.