All posts tagged "Lending"
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230Capital RegulationPBOC Expands Special Re-lending Programme to Help More Businesses
The PBOC has instructed six state-owned banks to provide low-interest loans to a broader pool of companies than originally specified under a special re-lending programme earlier this month.
February 25, 2020 -
239Capital Regulation
PBOC Cuts Benchmark Lending Rate As Economic Concerns Weigh
The PBOC pledged to help companies by lowering lending rates, increasing credit support, and ensure banking system liquidity through RRR cuts and MLF loans.
February 21, 2020 -
386Asia-PacificMyanmar to Issue New Licences to Foreign Banks
Foreign banks that have had a representative office in Myanmar for at least three years can apply for a branch licence or a subsidiary licence.
January 20, 2020 -
475Asia-PacificSri Lanka Offers Credit Support for Banks to Boost SME Lending
The new scheme provides risk mitigation support to banks that defer principal repayment and extend new loans for SME borrowers, including those that have defaulted.
January 18, 2020 -
263IndiaRBI Imposes Restrictions on Another Cooperative Bank
Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank is not allowed to grant or renew loans and advances, make investments, borrow funds or accept fresh deposits.
January 14, 2020 -
530Asia-PacificThailand Developing Foundation for Digital Banking – Report
The efforts are aimed at developing data from non-financial sources, an electronic identification system, and a suitable regulatory framework.
January 14, 2020 -
328Capital Regulation
RBI Introduces Supervisory Action Framework for Troubled UCBs
Under the framework, the RBI will monitor UCBs' asset quality, profitability and capital, and initiate supervisory action when specific thresholds are breached.
January 10, 2020 -
338Asia-Pacific
BOT Directs Banks to Adopt Fairer Fee Structures
Banks are instructed to lower the interest costs and fees loan prepayments and late repayments, and to adopt grace periods to reduce borrower burdens.
January 9, 2020 -
354Capital Regulation
PBOC Announces First Reserve Requirement Cut of 2020
The RRR cut will release about 800bn yuan of 'long-term funds' for financial institutions to lend to the real economy.
January 3, 2020 -
333Capital Regulation
UPDATE – RBI Tightens Scrutiny of Urban Cooperative Banks
The RBI is tightening exposure limits, mandating that a larger proportion of loans come from small borrowers, and requiring bigger UCBs to report large exposures on a quarterly basis.
December 31, 2019
