EU adds 160 names to sanctions list, extends SWIFT ban to Belarus; New Zealand passes Russia Sanctions Bill. Fitch projects “imminent" sovereign default.
March 10, 2022Currently only bank depositors are protected and customers of other types of deposit-taking financial institutions are not covered.
March 2, 2022The PBOC has responded to concerns about incoming rules that will require banks to perform extra due diligence for deposits and withdrawals exceeding CNY 50,000.
February 14, 2022'Electronic Gold Receipt' transactions have been divided into three tranches: creation of EGRs, trading of EGRs on stock exchanges, and conversion back into physical gold.
January 14, 2022The RBI has raised the deposit threshold under which small business customers can be managed as retail deposits for the purposes of LCR and NSFR.
January 12, 2022Central bank deposits will be excluded from total exposure when calculating the leverage ratio until the end of March 2024.
January 10, 2022Digital banks and unit investment trust funds can also participate in the secondary market for central bank securities.
December 1, 2021Malkapur Urban Bank will continue to have the business and operational restrictions in place until its financial position improves.
December 1, 2021The RBI panel recommends a four-tier structure for regulating UCBs, and the establishment of an umbrella organisation to oversee them.
August 26, 2021The CBDC will be cash-like and non-interest-bearing, to ensure that it does not compete with deposits or cause runs on financial institutions.
August 25, 2021