BankUnderground

JUNE 8, 2022

There is a lively debate about whether and how capital regulations for banks and insurers should be adjusted in response to climate change. Incorporating climate-related risks into the capital regime will require a reliable methodology to measure these risks. Marco Bardoscia, Benjamin Guin and Misa Tanaka.

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Abrigo

JUNE 23, 2017

The desire to avoid examiner scrutiny may tempt some financial institutions to set the bar high when it comes to credit and liquidity risk management policy limits, but regulators are discouraging this approach. Do established policy limits reflect true risk tolerance?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 19, 2015

The Recession and its subsequent rate of bank failures underscore the need for banks of all sizes to invest in developing a capital plan. The Recession taught many institutions that whatever processes had been in place for managing capital were not sufficient. The result was insufficient capital. Forward-looking review 4.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

A potential tie-up between German banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank should get the nod of regulators in Germany. The Wall Street Journal , citing a senior German regulator, reported the government is prepared to support a merger of the two to create one banking giant.

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Abrigo

JUNE 14, 2021

Common root causes include: Lack of a formal OFAC SCP Misinterpretation or failure to understand OFAC regulations Facilitating transactions by non-U.S. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Being proactive and thorough with your SCP will help ensure your institution does not fall into unknown weaknesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

A European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker is urging banks in the area to find alternatives to Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, according to a report by Bloomberg. A member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Brainard spoke at the ECB colloquium in Frankfurt on “ Monetary policy: the challenges ahead.”

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BankUnderground

JULY 27, 2021

Following the global financial crisis in 2008, central banks around the world introduced tighter banking regulations to increase the resilience of the financial sector and reduce the risks of severe financial disruptions during economic downturns. In reality, this policy often takes the form of minimum capital or liquidity requirements.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It would instead offer payment companies a national servicing platform to replace the regime of state regulations such firms would be subject to under existing laws. Commercial companies accessing a payments charter would avoid oversight and regulations that protect the financial system and consumers,” the bank industry leaders wrote.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Valdis Dombrovskis , the European Union’s (EU) executive vice-president in charge of financial services policy, said Wirecard’s collapse threatens investor trust in the EU, the newspaper reported. We need to clarify what went wrong.”. A mid-July deadline for a reply from ESMA has been set, he added.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay has pushed back against the Reserve Bank of Australia’s potential regulation of its fees. Afterpay has a market capitalization of around $10 billion. A majority of its revenue comes from merchant fees, which comprise around 3 to 6 percent of transactions.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 3, 2025

This post is an example of issues considered under the Prudential Architecture Theme which focuses on the evolving regulatory structures and fresh strategic issues for regulators and supervisors. Interventions in corporate credit markets have featured prominently in the policy response to crisis episodes over the last two decades.

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Abrigo

JULY 19, 2019

The conference brought together regulators, bankers, economists, and others to discuss the most important annual check on the stability of the banking system. The participating institutions all passed, although JP Morgan Chase and Capital One struggled and had to adjust their capital plans to meet minimum thresholds.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Álvaro Fernández-Gallardo, Simon Lloyd and Ed Manuel Since the 2007–09 Global Financial Crisis, central banks have developed a range of macroprudential policies (‘macropru’) to address fault lines in the financial system. So we construct a macropru policy index using the MacroPrudential Policies Evaluation Database (MaPPED).

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BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Francesca Diluiso, Barbara Annicchiarico and Marco Carli While climate change is often seen as a long-term concern, climate mitigation policies can have different short-term effects, since they affect the transmission mechanism of conventional macroeconomic shocks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The policy being drafted by India’s trade ministry also calls for a new regulator to provide oversight and enforce compliance. The regulator will have the authority to request information from tech firms and also enforce other Indian laws aimed at consumer protection and fair competition, the sources said.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Carlos Can Salazar, John Thanassoulis and Misa Tanaka Several global financial centres, including London, Hong Kong and Singapore, are overseen by financial regulators with an objective on competitiveness and growth. How much do financial regulators care about growth? What happens when several regulators have a growth objective?

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Takeaway 3 The specific policy areas outlined below should be carefully considered by credit unions engaged in member business lending. In this blog post, we will delve into the strategies and policies credit unions can adopt to ensure the success and profitability of their MBL programs. Takeaway 2 Start slow.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 25, 2020

Dennis Reinhardt and Carlos van Hombeeck Have post-crisis reforms of banking regulation made banks and lending more resilient to the shock from Covid-19 and if so by how much?

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BankUnderground

JULY 31, 2020

To make regulation proportionate, policymakers adapt regulatory requirements to the risks posed by each firm. But regulators face a trade-off between addressing systemic risks in a proportionate way and limiting regulatory complexity. higher capital or cost of funding). asked PRA CEO Sam Woods in a recent speech.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The probability of an extreme stress event with losses above £91 billion (roughly 19% of CET1 capital) increased from 1% before the pandemic to 4.1% Developing policies that reduce the build-up of systemic risk and preserve the stability of the financial system is an increasingly relevant task for regulators worldwide.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

regulators have levied $126 million in fines for data violations since mid-2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for international cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) governance and U.K. UK Regulators’ Data Violations Fines Top $126.5M. Regulators in the U.K. In today’s top payments news, U.K.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Measuring the effectiveness of policies affecting financial stability even more so. Not only is the objective of financial stability an elusive concept, but policies targeting financial stability are often complex, technical, and very slowly implemented.

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Perficient

MARCH 8, 2023

Giving staff the technical and financial resources, as well as the policies and procedures, to remediate clients will be the responsibility of senior management and often the Board.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

20), the working group recommended regulatory changes that would allow industrial groups to hold larger stakes in lenders, marking a significant policy shift for the central bank. Analysts told Reuters that the shift could be aimed at attracting more capital and increasing competition within the banking sector.

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American Banker

JULY 2, 2023

Higher capital requirements tend to drive certain lending activities away from banking and toward so-called shadow banks. How regulators shore up banks without driving their customers away is the source of a spirited philosophical debate in Washington.

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BankUnderground

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Reforms following the 2008 financial crisis have led to significant increases in banks’ capital requirements. Profitability determines the opportunity cost of shrinking assets, and underpins the ability to generate capital. Identifying when banks begin to respond to regulatory reforms is a key challenge for policy evaluation.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 31, 2022

While regulators cannot be sure what risks the next decade will feature, they can be sure that the set of issues will continuously evolve. Figure 1 summarises the most common issues considered by the Financial Policy Committee in the last decade. Alina Barnett, Sinem Hacioglu Hoke and Simon Lloyd.

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TheGuardian

JANUARY 17, 2025

Latest setback, after talks with Treasury, blamed on lack of clarity about implementation in US Business live latest updates The Bank of England has delayed the introduction of tougher global banking capital rules by a further year to prevent another 2008-style crash, blaming the second delay on a lack of clarity about its implementation in the US.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 10, 2017

London has been leading the charge to be the FinTech capital of the world, but many other cities are nipping at their toes. Jurisdictions such as the UK, Singapore, Switzerland and Australia are introducing FinTech-friendly policies and regulations. It shows how important FinTech is when major financial centres vie for focus.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

One thing he wants to do right away is to enhance the coordination between financial regulators in the country. “To Expanding access can improve the transmission of monetary policy and increase competition,” Carney said. Hammond also wants to make sure London remains the leading financial district in the world, even after the U.K.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 8, 2016

Marketplace lenders Funding Circle, Lending Club and Prosper announced Wednesday the formation of the Marketplace Lending Association, a nonprofit organization that will “promote responsible business practices and sound public policy to benefit borrowers and investors.”

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

economy and local economies throughout our nation are being "hung out to dry" by regulators' push for increased capital requirements, according to the head of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. The small businesses that drive the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

In the effort to shore up cyber defenses among financial companies, regulations are looming in New York state. Among the new rules: Firms must employ and deploy a senior chief information security officer, or the corporate board, to approve written policies for cybersecurity. Certification must be made annually about compliance.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 16, 2022

Hence, we quantify the UK banking sector’s share of total assets allocated towards climate policy relevant sectors (CPRS). Climate policy relevant sectors and the Taxonomy Alignment Coefficient. Table 2: UK Banks’ exposures to climate policy relevant sectors (£ billions). Conclusions and policy implications.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Takeaway 1 Signs point to increased loan modifications and loan workouts, and regulators have urged financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers. . Takeaway 3 Successful, high-performing institutions can take several actions now to ensure policies, people, and processes are ready. Loan performance since 2020 Chart 2.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 8, 2021

Independent Loan Review Systems in Banking Banking regulators have outlined expectations for effective, independent loan review and credit risk review. . Takeaway 3 Timely risk ratings and a written review policy are critical components of effective loan review and credit review. Identifying Credit Weaknesses.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

That group, according to the release , has been formed to help harness “new technical developments from the startup ecosystem” and help shape FinTech policy. It is indeed imperative that banks capitalize on these technological advances and the associated business models. Facebook Eyes Indonesia eCommerce.

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