Deposit insurance
Kazakh central bank moves to stabilise banking sector
Central bank launches plan to compensate depositors hit by collapse in value of tenge, as banks reliant on external funding run into problems
China’s path to financial deepening
Despite China’s quick progress in the sphere of manufactured goods, the country’s financial system has been a few steps behind, but that is steadily changing
PBoC to accelerate reform process in 2015
Chinese central bank signals more financial reforms and a faster opening of financial markets in 2015; focus on ‘prudent’ monetary policy but more stimulus a possibility
EBA finds Bulgarian National Bank ‘in breach’ of EU law
The European Banking Authority issues a recommendation calling for the Bulgarian authorities to allow depositors access to the funds held by failed banks
ECB prize winners size up shadow banking
Working paper published by the ECB considers how regulatory arbitrage and the shadow banking sector can undermine commercial bank safety nets
Bulgaria tells Brussels it can't guarantee failed bank deposits
Enforcing bank contributions to a deposit guarantee fund would destabilise the country's banking sector, Bulgarian governor and finance minister tell European Commission
Constâncio calls for centralised deposit insurance scheme
European Central Bank’s Vítor Constâncio welcomes legislators deal on deposit guarantees but insists they are ‘only a little part’ of what is necessary
Basel III requirements could clash with new bail-in rules, warns IMF
Increased pressure on banks to rely more heavily on collateralised debt could combine with ‘depositor preference' rules to raise funding costs at a time when credit conditions remain tight