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Capital Adequacy
Capital Buffers Are Designed to Be Used: BCBS
05/11/2019
Banks that draw down on their buffers in times of stress are not deemed to be in breach of their minimum regulatory capital requirements.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Banking Amendment Bill Introduced in Parliament
05/11/2019
The bill will remove the DBU-ACU divide, expand the grounds for which MAS can revoke bank licences, and empower MAS to regulate outsourcing arrangements.
Structural Regulation
S. Korea Establishes Legal Basis for P2P Lending Businesses
05/11/2019
Korea has passed new legislation establishing a legal basis for the operation of P2P lending businesses and the regulatory oversight role of the FSC and FSS.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
China Forestry Liquidators File Lawsuit Against Pre-IPO Auditor
05/11/2019
The plaintiffs allege that KPMG “negligently failed to identify that they were the victims of a serious and pervasive false accounting by former members of executive management.”
KYC & CDD
OCBC Enables Instant Bank Account Opening for Startups
05/11/2019
OCBC Enables Instant Bank Account Opening for Startups
Capital Adequacy
Japan Banks to Gain Easier Access to Capital from Larger Peers
05/11/2019
Under a special measure to be launched in March, a bank’s capital-to-asset ratio will not be reduced when it invests in a struggling peer.
Credit Risk
SEBI Mandates Immediate Disclosure of NPA Divergences
04/11/2019
SEBI has directed listed banks to disclose any divergences in bad loan provisioning immediately, rather than waiting to publish the information in their annual financial statements.
Cloud & Infrastructure
China Adopts Certification System for Fintech Products
04/11/2019
For certification, fintech products will be subject to testing and inspection for safety, quality assurance and product consistency.
Emerging Prudential Risks
RBI Reorganises Regulation, Supervision Departments
04/11/2019
The RBI has integrated all its supervision functions into a unified ‘Department of Supervision’, and its regulatory functions into a unified ‘Department of Regulation’.
Structural Regulation
S. Korea Passes Benchmark Legislation, Seeks BMR Equivalence
04/11/2019
The new legislation will strengthen the management and supervision of financial benchmarks and their administrators, the FSC said.
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