Financial Stability
January 4, 2024
Why sky-high fines have ‘zero impact on a bank’s bottom line’
Overworked compliance teams pay the real penalty, writes David Silverman
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January 4, 2024
MAS launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to reduce greenwashing at banks
Classification system provides stricter criteria to govern banks’ financing of carbon-intensive businesses
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January 3, 2024
FCA to impose ‘targeted and intrusive’ sanctions on banks that fail to comply with Consumer Duty
Regulator cautions against relying on second line of defence to spot problems
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January 2, 2024
US traditional lenders issued warning over ‘buy now, pay later’ market
Regulators cite compliance concerns for banks over delinquencies and data harvesting
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December 27, 2023
Risk round-up: Apac regulation will keep banks in their sights in 2024
Region balances maintaining innovative tech drive against backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty
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December 12, 2023
Surge in domestic loans pushes Chinese banks up G-Sib list
Government pressure to lend and a stronger yuan are major factors
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November 30, 2023
BoE builds ‘backstop facility’ for nonbanks over liquidity risk concerns
Pension funds and insurers could access such lending under ‘exceptional circumstances’
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November 27, 2023
Up to 10% of EU bank loans exposed to risky commercial real estate
ECB warns of ‘systemically-relevant losses’ a real-estate collapse could cause
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November 22, 2023
SAFER Banking Act offers US banks “safe harbour” to fund growing cannabis industry
The new bill could alleviate banks’ risk and compliance concerns
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November 22, 2023
Why I’m not concerned about central banks’ billions of ‘losses’
Central banks’ losses are not a cause for concern, says Maria Demertzis
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November 16, 2023
The case for US-style banking supervision in the EU
Tougher supervision could keep EU banks resilient in a new economic era, writes Björn Ebert of PwC
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