All posts tagged "ECB"
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432EuropeBanks Scrap Dividends, Buybacks Amid Regulatory Pressure
HSBC and Standard Chartered are among the banks that have scrapped their 2019/2020 dividends and agreed not to buy back shares.
April 2, 2020 -
339FeatureFed Establishes Repo Facility to Ease USD Funding Stress
Foreign central banks can temporarily exchange their US Treasury holdings with the Fed for US dollars, which can then be made available to institutions in their own jurisdictions.
April 1, 2020 -
259Capital RegulationECB Calls on Banks to Suspend Dividends, Buybacks for Six Months
Rabobank, ING, ABN Amro, UniCredit, Commerzbank, Banco Santander, KBC Bank, Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland have suspended dividend and buyback plans until 1 October.
March 31, 2020 -
1.2KCapital RegulationCovid-19 Puts Financial Regulation Under Stress
Business continuity plans, social distancing measures, economic stimulus and liquidity constraints are hindering banks’ abilities to stay consistent with regulators' expectations, says Peter Guy.
March 30, 2020 -
210Europe
ECB Launches €750b Emergency Asset Purchase Programme
The 'Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme' will include purchases of public and private securities, including non-financial commercial paper and Greek sovereign bonds, until end-2020.
March 20, 2020 -
349Capital Regulation
ECB Announces Stimulus Measures, Banks Granted Regulatory Relief
The measures include liquidity facilities to help businesses, targeted asset purchases, and relaxed regulatory requirements for banks.
March 13, 2020 -
321Australia & NZ
Central Banks Act to Mitigate Covid-19 Economic Threat
The HKMA has responded to the US rate cut with a cut of its own. The RBA and BNM have also cut their key policy rates, while the BOJ focuses on asset purchases.
March 4, 2020 -
323UncategorisedProject Stella: Balancing Privacy & Auditability in DLT Environments
The BOJ-ECB phase four study found that effective auditing can be achieved alongside privacy-enhancing technologies, if the auditor can obtain information from trusted sources.
February 13, 2020 -
266Fintech / RegtechBIS, Six Central Banks to Jointly Explore CBDC Use Cases
The group will assess CBDC use cases; economic, functional and technical design choices, including cross-border interoperability; and share knowledge on emerging technologies.
January 22, 2020 -
1.3KContributed ArticleRegulatory Reporting: An Approach for Smaller Banks
Banks are starting to gain real business value from investments into better data governance and architecture, say Irene Liu, David Yakowitz and Catherine Lee at PwC.
September 25, 2019
