CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Proposes New Rules for Small Finance Bank Licensing

By Editors | 16/09/2019

Under the new guidelines, payment banks, NBFCs, microfinance institutions and local area banks will be able to convert into small finance banks.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan FSC to Ease Calculation Method for D-SIB Capital

By Editors | 16/09/2019

The move follows push back from some banks, saying that the higher capital buffer required of D-SIBs could raise funding costs and make them less competitive.

Capital / Liquidity

Global Banks’ India Business Impacted by Large Exposures Rules

By Editors | 13/09/2019

Foreign banks have to maintain sufficient capital in their India entities to increase their exposure to the country, rather than relying on guarantees from their overseas headquarters.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Tightens Rules on Insurers’ Related-Party Transactions

By Editors | 10/09/2019

The CBIRC says some insurance companies have allowed their subsidiaries to use the insurers as “ATM machines”, causing “severe risks and social impact”.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA, RBNZ Approaches to Bank Capital Incompatible

By Editors | 10/09/2019

Citi banking analyst Brendan Sproules says APRA and the RBNZ “are pursuing radically contrasting approaches to bank sector capital adequacy”.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Announces Third RRR Cut of 2019

By Editors | 09/09/2019

The cut is expected to free up 900 billion yuan in banking system liquidity for use in small and private enterprise lending.

Capital / Liquidity

SBV Lists Criteria for Assuming Control of Troubled Banks

By Editors | 05/09/2019

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular outlining seven conditions under which it will impose ‘special control’ over credit institutions.

Capital / Liquidity

Capital Adequacy Deteriorates at Korean Internet-only Banks

By Editors | 04/09/2019

The capital adequacy ratios of K Bank and Kakao Bank have fallen to 10.62% and 11.74%, respectively, compared 15.34% at Korea’s other institutions.

Capital / Liquidity

India to Merge 10 State Owned Banks into Four

By Editors | 03/09/2019

“In place of fragmented lending capacity with 27 public sector banks in 2017, now there will be only 12 state-run banks post consolidation,” said India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.