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Kuwait’s central bank should relax rate caps – IMF
New legislation will encourage nationwide credit rating system, fund staff say
US mutual funds' liquidity risk on the rise – Boston Fed paper
Ratio of illiquid assets to net assets increased from 2009 to 2019, researchers find
South Africa’s financial regulators urged to adopt tiered licensing regime
New regime would help lower the barriers for fintechs, working group says
Bad banks work, but not in isolation – BIS paper
Researchers study what factors lead to successful “asset segregation” schemes
BoE says no-deal Brexit now unlikely
Bank of England ends additional liquidity supervision after passage of withdrawal agreement
Banks outpacing insurers with cloud adoption – BoE
UK financial institutions lean towards software when it comes to cloud outsourcing, blog post shows
Global cross-border lending growth at highest rate since 2008
Bank claims continued to grow “rapidly” in Q3 2019, latest BIS figures show
Angola’s central bank establishes inflation expectation indicators
Central bank issues new surveys to gather information on prices following exchange rate liberalisation
European companies’ credit demand shrinks despite ECB stimulus
In Q4 2019, credit demand from non-financial corporations declined for first time in six years
Central banks must take lead on climate disclosures – PBoC’s Ma
Reserve managers’ stances send important signals to the financial community, says Ma Jun
Non-bank growth slowed in 2018, says FSB
Riskiest forms of non-banks still growing, but overall assets went into reverse in 2018
Climate risk models not up to scratch, warns BIS report
New research highlights models’ inability to accurately anticipate climate risk; says central banks must not become “climate rescuers of last resort”
Belgium to launch new ‘smart’ ATM network
Network will look to solve geographical disparity and maintain cash services
UK regulators set new deadlines for Libor transition
Working group sets out priorities for 2020 as Libor deadline looms
Bank of Ghana payments overhaul to focus on fintech
Central bank will ensure regulation is fintech-friendly, while promoting adoption through new licensing regime
Lebanese governor requests more powers to deal with crisis
Salameh says financial and monetary stability at risk without new measures to regulate banks
KYC initiative could help stem correspondent banking decline
South Pacific KYC utility will be based on digital identification databases; decisions on minimum data requirement yet to be made
EU central bankers urge UK to stay close on regulation
Klaas Knot and Luis de Guindos warn UK could lose out if it diverges from EU regulations, but Mark Carney says UK needs autonomy
Female Spanish entrepreneurs face unconscious bias by lenders – research
Double standards suggest credit allocation among start-ups is not efficient
BoE prepares for regulatory data shake-up
Central bank keeping open mind on future of regulatory data collection; FCA plans to expand “advanced analytics” and automation
Bank Negara Malaysia seeks feedback on new climate taxonomy
Central bank proposes classifying activities based on how much they harm the environment and how willing businesses are to improve
BIS paper: banks may harm customers through ‘steering’
Nudging “naive” households to take decisions can harm their welfare, authors find
ECB paper offers tiering solution to CBDC structural concerns
Separating CBDC functions between tiers could disincentivise use during crisis periods, but disintermediation of the banking sector still a risk, author warns
Risk weight tweak could fix IFRS 9 capital clash – research
Practitioner suggests way to cancel out double-counting of Basel credit loss provisions