All posts tagged "reserve requirements"
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823Asia-PacificBSP Expects Sound Borrower Assessments, Forbearance Reporting
Requirements 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, 2020 -
849Asia-PacificBSP Cuts Reserve Requirements for Smaller Banks
The move to lower the reserve requirement ratio for thrift, rural and cooperative banks will release an estimated $200mn into the economy.
July 22, 2020 -
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Large Enterprise Loans Can Count Towards Reserve Compliance: BSP
The BSP said the revised measures are intended to provide credit and help ease the financial burden of firms heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
May 30, 2020 -
672Asia-PacificBank Indonesia Cuts RRR, Prepares to Buy Govt Bonds
The measures include a 200bp RRR cut for banks and a 50bp cut for Islamic banks. The central bank may also start buying government bonds in the primary market in two weeks.
April 18, 2020 -
758Capital RegulationBNM Offers Regulatory Relaxations to Support Lending Activities
Besides an NSFR relaxation, banks can drawdown on the capital conservation buffer, operate below 100% LCR, and utilise regulatory reserves they have set aside.
March 26, 2020 -
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BSP Announces RRR Cut, Lenders Asked to Grant Debt Relief
The 200 basis point cut will release up to 200bn pesos in bank liquidity. Lenders are encouraged to continue lending and to offer debt relief to borrowers.
March 25, 2020 -
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Bank Indonesia Cuts Rates Again, OJK Demands Leniency for Borrowers
Banks have also been told not to use debt collectors during the Covid-19 pandemic, and to instead help customers by restructuring existing debt and granting new subsidised loans.
March 23, 2020 -
445Capital RegulationBNM Cuts Statutory Reserve Requirement for Banks
BNM has lowered the SRR ratio to the lowest level since April 2011, and is allowing principal dealers to recognise MGS and MGII up to 1 billion ringgit as part of SRR compliance.
March 20, 2020 -
419Asia-PacificPhilippine Stocks Resume Trading, Central Bank Relaxes Regulations
The BSP has cut interest rates and relaxed regulations on compliance reporting by banks, calculation of penalties on required reserves, and single borrower limits.
March 19, 2020 -
360Asia-PacificSri Lanka Closes Stock Market, Cuts Policy Rates
The central bank has also asked financial institutions to refrain from engaging in speculative activity, which it says "could lead to panic in the financial market."
March 18, 2020
