The total capital shortfall among the 12 banks was reported to be over $2bn as of the end of September, amid rising bad loans in the banking sector.
January 10, 2020The new implementing guidelines address concerns over the effect of SBL and short selling transactions on trading participants’ books and records, error transactions, and capital adequacy.
January 6, 2020Foreign financial institutions will be allowed to hold a majority stake, but preference will be given to applications where Malaysian nationals own the controlling equity interest.
December 28, 2019The new rules ask Taiwan's five D-SIBs to keep their capital ratios 2 percentage points higher than other banks, compared to 4 percentage points higher in the previous version.
December 23, 2019The HKMA has not seen any large-scale outflow of funds from Hong Kong and the banking system had sufficient capital and liquidity to withstand any impact.
December 12, 2019India’s central bank has issued its final guidelines for ‘on-tap’ licensing of small finance banks, doubling the minimum capital requirement to 2 billion rupees.
December 6, 2019Vietcombank, BIDV, Vietinbank and Agribank are close to minimum capital adequacy requirements and may be forced to stop lending if they are not allowed to increase capital.
December 6, 2019In its latest Financial Stability Review, the MAS highlights pressures on foreign currency liquidity and the potential impacts of a cyber attack on Singapore banks and their service providers.
December 2, 2019Financial risks have gradually shifted from rapid accumulation to high-level mitigation in the past few years, the PBOC says in its annual financial stability report.
November 27, 2019Effective immediately, foreign financial institutions can establish wholly-owned banks in China, which can be operated alongside foreign bank branches and Sino-foreign joint venture banks.
October 17, 2019