Non-performing loans (NPLs)
Tanzanian central bank announces loan crackdown
Central bank says “unscrupulous borrowers and employees” partly responsible for high NPL levels
SSM reduced large eurozone banks’ risk-taking – ECB paper
Reduced credit risk was driven by supranational authority’s greater efficiency, authors argue
NPLs down in nearly 70% of jurisdictions, despite Covid-19
Lower income nations hit harder than most during past five years; Asia, Africa and Americas NPLs on different trajectory to Europe
RBI scales back predictions of rise in stressed assets
Indian central bank says policy support has helped curb rise in non-performing assets
Eurozone starting to see ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ – de Guindos
ECB’s ‘Financial stability review’ highlights pandemic’s uneven effect across countries and sectors
Bangladesh Bank intervenes over commercial lender
Central bank prohibits new loans and oversees appointments, saying it has found "irregularities"
RBI steps in with liquidity amid worsening Covid outbreak
Central bank “stands in battle readiness”, governor says, as virus death toll climbs
IMF warns Tuvalu risks exclusion from global banking system
Country must improve AML framework and domestic lending practices, fund says
Governors Nabiullina, Tabaković and Bezhoska on systemic risk and women in power
Russia, Serbia and North Macedonia governors discuss bank reforms, corruption and the Covid-19 crisis
PBoC to more than double scope of stress tests
Chinese central bank will stress-test over 4,000 banks and plans to include all banks by 2023
Judicial efficiency improves bank credit – Bank of Italy paper
Banks lend more freely and at lower rates in regions with swifter bankruptcy proceedings
More syndicated loans at risk, say US regulators
Regulatory agencies say Covid-19 puts more big loans in lower categories, but cushions are strong
ESRB warns governments not to withdraw stimulus prematurely
New report highlights how support measures face trade-offs between cliff effects and debt sustainability
New macroeconomic framework needed for recovery – Ghana governor
Public debt levels have breached maximum thresholds and NPLs are likely to climb, Addison says
RBI tells banks to prepare for delayed impact of Covid-19
Banks have avoided worst of the pandemic, but they must now raise capital, central bank says
RBI’s training college for supervisors goes fully operational
Governor aims to build class of professional supervisors, as Indian banking sector remains fragile
Vaccine would speed up recovery, Bank of Uganda reports
Higher levels of NPLs and high lending rates are hampering growth, report says, but vaccine could result in swift recovery
Is the RBI doomed to fail its ‘quest for financial stability’?
Covid-19 has set back progress on hard-won reforms. As the economy struggles to recover, the RBI and government must walk a treacherous path back to safety
RBI intervenes as another bank comes close to collapse
Failure of Lakshmi Vilas Bank highlights strain on Indian banking sector
Vietnamese politburo warns former central bank governor
Nguyen Van Binh formally warned over handling of bad debts and loans to bank
Action needed to avert Latin American banking crisis – report
Emergency measures may mask growing solvency problems, institutions warn
Book notes: Quest for restoring financial stability in India, by Viral Acharya
A definitive contribution to the political economy of central banking in emerging economies, but Acharya does not acknowledge the challenges moving forward
Kenya’s central bank looks to regulate digital lenders
Legislation before government could help central bank control high lending rates on digital products
Bank of Greece proposes ‘bad bank’ for NPLs
Covid-19 may worsen the highest ratio of non-performing loans in the eurozone, central bank says