Topic: Banking regulators
Brazilian and Colombian regulators step up green bond efforts
Colombia’s banking regulator has become the first in Latin America to issue a regulatory framework for green bonds, as Brazil’s central bank has also pledged its backing.
17 September 2020
US regulators pave way for higher capital distributions despite dissent
US banking regulators have finalised a measure allowing banks to make higher capital distributions under stressed financial conditions, over the objections of the minority members of the Federal Reserve and FDIC boards.
28 August 2020
Latvia ramps up AML push with fresh guidance
Latvia’s banking regulator has announced new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing guidance, after fining local outfit Signet Bank €906,000 for AML failings.
26 August 2020
AI and machine learning – views from Hong Kong and the UK
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have rapidly grown in importance during the covid-19 pandemic, say speakers at a recent Bank of England webinar – but a report issued the same day by a group of Hong Kong regulators said new types of risk arising from the use of the technologies may require new types of macroprudential regulation.
24 August 2020
"No grey areas" around crypto as Germany introduces digital securities bill
Germany’s finance ministry has announced a blockchain-based digital securities bill as regulator Bafin confiscates ATMs belonging to a Polish-owned crypto provider.
19 August 2020
ECB warns banks to improve internal capital checks
European banks need to “do more” to improve data quality and stress testing practices in their internal capital adequacy assessment processes (ICAAPs), the European Central Bank has warned.
19 August 2020
ECB reshuffles supervisory arm
The European Central Bank will group banks by business model rather than size under an newly overhauled structure for its supervisory arm.
18 August 2020
Union Bank liquidates in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein regulators have de-authorised Vaduz-based Union Bank after it failed to find a backer to help it meet capital requirements – rejecting an offer from the CEO of a Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange.
18 August 2020
US and Brazil unveil instant payment systems
The US Federal Reserve has announced details of its interbank payment service FedNow despite scepticism over potential competition with the private sector, as the Brazilian central bank reveals a launch date for its own new payments system network, Pix.
14 August 2020
Germany’s Bafin clears up indirect lending rules
Germany’s banking regulator has clarified elements of its Bank Separation Act, stressing that special-purpose vehicles controlled by investment funds can assume the default risk when borrowing from fully-licenced banks.
12 August 2020
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