Financial Stability
EBA warns on funding stresses from QE exit
‘Mediterranean’ banks’ reliance on repo funding could be tested by withdrawal of stimulus
ECB narrows down choices for next supervisory head
Donnery, Enria and Ophele will appear before European Parliament
HKMA launches new faster payments system
New system will reduce transaction time and scrap interbank fees
Local factors have greater influence on global lenders – BIS paper
Researchers examine data on 53 largest commercial banks
Bundesbank paper looks at secondary markets’ role in bank runs
Adding secondary markets to model significantly alters possible equilibria, authors say
G20 showing progress at tackling data gaps
Considerable progress” in third phase of implementing data gaps initiative, down from “substantial progress” in previous phase, FSB-IMF report says
Stronger macro-prudential intervention may be needed – Minneapolis Fed paper
Shadow banking sector takes greater risks in times of stringent macro-prudential policy for banks, researcher finds
EU countries to build payments link with Iran
“Special purpose vehicle” designed to allow “legitimate business” with Iran, despite US sanctions
RBI prepared to step in as non-banks suffer liquidity shortage
Government and regulators stress readiness to act amid non-bank liquidity pressures
IT failures reveal vulnerabilities in UK banking system
Barclays and NatWest are latest victims of internal failure
BIS paper finds sound economy may not prevent capital outflows
Emerging markets could use pre-emptive macro-prudential policies to safeguard against capital outflows, researchers say
Danish supervisor reopens Danske Bank investigation
UK’s National Crime Agency opens investigation of British entity with links to Danish bank
BIS paper defends credit gap measure
Use of Hodrick-Prescott filter is controversial but the gap still outperforms others, authors find
PBoC launches first phase of blockchain trade financing platform
Platform could help increase access to finance for SMEs while improving trade networks between Macao and Hong Kong
Danske Bank acknowledges ‘major deficiencies’ in money laundering case
CEO quits as bank publishes internal investigation into irregular operations at Estonian branch
IMF pessimistic over UK’s post-Brexit future
The larger the impediments to trade in the new relationship, the costlier it will be, IMF head says
Demetriades on political pressures on central banks and their governors
Former governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus speaks about the Cypriot banking crisis, the need for EU-wide AML oversight, independence and his fears for stability of the monetary union
Banks will ‘inevitably’ fail, says Ireland’s Donnery
Deputy governor takes stock of the policies implemented since the financial crisis to protect consumers against bank collapse
A decade on: Lehman Brothers at the brink
On September 14, 2008, there remained hope that Lehman could be saved and a crisis averted. Events moved rapidly thereafter
World is ‘sleepwalking into next crisis’, says UK’s Gordon Brown
World is ‘sleepwalking into next crisis’, says UK’s Gordon Brown
Bernanke: household borrowing not the main factor in 2008 crash
Panic in financial markets and not household borrowing created deep crisis, former Fed chair says; economists should emphasise credit when modelling