CBIRC chairman Guo Shuqing has highlighted credit risk, shadow banking, illegal fundraising, and derivatives trading as key sources of financial system risk.
June 15, 2021The BSP has extended the higher single borrower limit and relief on loan classification, pending full operationalisation of the FIST Act.
May 6, 2021Principal payments of all loans of eligible corporate borrowers falling due between 1 May and 31 October 2021 should be deferred by a further six months.
March 5, 2021Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks not to change their classifications of loans for another three months for borrowers that fail to make repayments.
October 3, 2020The framework sets out sector-specific floor and ceiling thresholds for five financial ratios that lenders mandatorily have to consider when restructuring loans.
September 9, 2020The new programme is designed to help businesses to restructure debt owed to multiple creditors. A similar programme for household borrowers already exists.
August 25, 2020CBIRC chairman Guo Shuqing says banks should prepare by replenishing capital, increasing provisioning, and improving risk management.
August 16, 2020Requirements to report forbearance granted to borrowers will ensure industry statistics reflect the “true health of the banking system” and incentivise prudence in banks’ credit decisions.
August 11, 2020In the past week, the central bank has sharply eased loan classification and provisioning rules, and offered credit guarantees, to try and address an unwillingness among banks to lend to small businesses.
July 28, 2020NPLs will appear in the next period and rise, the CBIRC said, citing deteriorating asset quality, accumulated risks and weaker profitability at small and medium-sized banks.
July 14, 2020