Micro-prudential
ECB raises capital requirements for eurozone banks
Geopolitics and macro-financial shocks remain top priority for next three years, annual review states
‘Unpredictable’ risk driven by AI, geopolitics – Lagarde, Buch, Rehn
European supervisors call for caution – and more authority – at ESRB annual conference
BIS: new platform can monitor stablecoins’ balance sheets
Institution says its Project Pyxtrial can track digital currencies’ assets and liabilities
Basel Committee finalises crypto asset disclosure rules
Disclosure and prudential standards to be implemented by 2026
Basel Committee approves new stablecoin exposure framework
Details on new crypto asset and IRRBB rules, plus third-party risk consultation due out this month
Supervisors must embrace technology – ECB’s McCaul
Data is “growing exponentially”, so supervisors must innovate to track risks, supervisory board member says, as SSM digitalisation enters ‘phase 2’
Artificial intelligence: key questions for financial supervisors
Manoj Singh outlines what supervisors need to be asking as they learn to interrogate machines
Supervisors grapple with the smaller bank dilemma
How are the guardians of stability moving to address risks linked to smaller banks in the aftermath of SVB’s collapse?
Supervisors see promise in AI but warn data remains key
IMF’s “StatGPT” project has promise but data problems are hard to solve, Regnology panellists say
Supervisors face reputational risk from fraud, Basel Committee says
Surveys shows some forms of digital fraud are rising, but data gaps are “significant”, paper warns
Former executives of troubled lender wanted by Vietnam police
Central bank is looking for investors to acquire failed Saigon Commercial Bank
Joachim Nagel on the ECB’s terminal rate, fiscal policy, model relevance and the digital euro
The Deutsche Bundesbank president speaks about compromise on the Governing Council, rolling back PEPP, the need to implement Basel III and the chances of a revised Stability and Growth Pact
Data privacy and protection: non-negotiable supervisory equations
Manoj Singh says data protection is essential to modern finance, but throws up myriad supervisory challenges
Deep learning models are ‘fragile’, BoE paper finds
Models suffering from “Rashomon effect” need better supervision, authors say
Brazil governor promises to end high-interest rotating credit
Campos Neto tells legislators central bank achieved “soft landing” on monetary policy
BIS paper’s guide to monitoring ‘highly leveraged’ non-banks
Using new data sources can help to shed light on an opaque sector, authors say
Supervisory soft skills: working in a consensus-driven environment
New studies highlight the importance of supervisors being able to say ‘no’ – and persuade banks to act accordingly, writes Manoj Singh
Book notes: O Governador, by Luis Rosa
Documents Carlos Costa’s clashes with Portugal’s elite during the eurozone sovereign debt and banking crisis
Basel Committee overhauls supervision guidance
Key updates cover supervision of risks related to interest rate, operations and climate
US banks question stress-test discrepancies
Bank of America and Citigroup open talks with Fed about differing results
Bank failure déjà vu
New bank capital rules were meant to ensure failures would be less frequent and resolution not involve taxpayer money. Then came the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, writes Jesper Berg