All posts tagged "Interest Rates"
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403ChinaPBOC Mulls Shift to Market Based Lending Rates
PBOC governor Yi Gang has suggested discontinuing benchmark lending rate announcements to study the resulting loan rate trends, as a possible step towards market-based rates.
May 30, 2019 -
541Asia-PacificPhilippine Banks Required to Report on Deposit, Loan Rates
Bank interest rates on loans and deposits will be published to allow consumers to compare costs, and to enhance the BSP's monitoring and analysis.
February 8, 2019 -
503FeatureICE White Paper Introduces New LIBOR Alternative
The 'US Dollar ICE Bank Yield Index' is fully transaction-based and designed to measure the yields at which investors are willing to invest US dollar funds on a wholesale, unsecured basis.
January 28, 2019 -
316Capital Regulation
PBOC Expected to Allow Banks More Flexibility in Setting Rates – Report
The central bank is expected to allow financial institutions greater flexibility in setting interest rates for loans and deposits in the year ahead.
January 8, 2019 -
375Asia-Pacific
BSP Unveils First Financial Stability Report
Inaugural financial stability report focuses on impact of higher interest rates and weakening EM currencies on outstanding debt. It also looks at potential financial stability implications from fintech and ASEAN integration.
August 30, 2018 -
382Capital RegulationJapan’s Regional Banks Told Not to Blame BOJ for Woes
FSA commissioner urges regional banks, whose profits are down 30% from 5 years ago, to explore ways to manage low interest environment, other than blaming monetary policy.
August 23, 2018 -
307Capital RegulationS. Korea FSS Gets Tough on High Interest Lending at Savings Banks
Over 850,000 borrowers are paying over 25% interest on loans at savings banks; FSS vows to protect consumers by boosting monitoring and inspection efforts and by publicly naming lenders charging excessively.
August 2, 2018 -
594Market InfrastructureSingapore to Implement New SIBOR Methodology by End 2019
Singapore’s benchmark operators have incorporated feedback from market participants following a consultation that ended in February; the new computation methodology will use a waterfall method incorporating wholesale funding and related markets transactions.
July 26, 2018 -
479ChinaChina’s P2P Lending Sector Suffers Panic – Report
Over 100 peer-to-peer lenders have failed so far this month, with some users turning up at operators’ offices to demand early repayment.
July 22, 2018 -
585EnforcementSFC Fines Hang Seng Asset Management Arm
Hang Seng Investment Management fined HK$3mn for cash management failures involving SFC-authorised funds it manages from 2010 to 2016.
June 1, 2018
