Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

Sri Lanka to Assess Capital Adequacy of Big Banks

By Editors | 20/10/2022

The study will assess the capital impacts of losses on foreign currency-denominated financial assets and bad debt.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam’s Largest Private Bank Placed Under External Management

By Mark Johnston | 20/10/2022

Four state-owned banks have been asked to help manage Saigon Commercial Bank after it experienced a bank run.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Finalises Rules Allowing Foreign-Funded Finance Companies

By Darien Choong | 19/10/2022

Foreign-funded multinational groups can directly establish domestic finance companies to provide financial services to their member units in China.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Tightens Rules on Disclosing NPA, Provisioning Divergences

By Editors | 18/10/2022

Norms that apply to commercial banks on disclosing NPA and provisioning divergences are being tightened, and extended to UCBs.

Capital / Liquidity

DBS Becomes LCH SwapClear’s First Direct Member in Singapore

By Editors | 18/10/2022

DBS will be able to post Singapore government bonds as collateral, making LCH the first global offshore clearing house to accept the asset class as eligible collateral.

Capital / Liquidity

EU Regulators to Assess Bank Dividend Plans ‘Case-by-Case’

By Editors | 17/10/2022

Steven Maijoor, who serves on the ECB’s supervisory board, said regulators are asking banks to be restrained with dividends and share buybacks.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Revises Rules for Asset Reconstruction Companies

By Editors | 16/10/2022

Under the new framework, ARCs can act as resolution applicants under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Tether Eliminates Commercial Paper from Stablecoin Reserves

By Manesh Samtani | 15/10/2022

“Reducing commercial papers to zero demonstrates Tether’s commitment to backing its tokens with the most secure reserves in the market,” the company said.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Directs Banks to Treat Certain Rated Exposures as Unrated

By Editors | 15/10/2022

Banks must treat corporate and NBFC exposures as if they were unrated if the lenders’ details are not disclosed in rating actions.