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Financial Stability Board Warns on Nonbank Leverage Risks

Financial Stability Board Warns on Nonbank Leverage Risks
Financial Stability Board Warns on Nonbank Leverage Risks
July 14, 2025  |  Bank Regulation

For banks doing business in the private credit market, and in working with nonbank firms, the leverage used by those intermediaries poses risks to stability...

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FSB Calls for New Curbs on Shadow Bank Companies
FSB Calls for New Curbs on Shadow Bank Companies
July 09, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

The Financial Stability Board, a global financial watchdog, is calling for greater oversight of the multitrillion-dollar shadow banking sector. The FSB issued a report Wednesday...

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FSB Chair Klaas Knot: Stablecoins Are ‘Segment We Must Monitor Closely’
FSB Chair Klaas Knot: Stablecoins Are ‘Segment We Must Monitor Closely’
June 12, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Outgoing Financial Stability Board Chair Klaas Knot said cryptocurrency-related risks could soon pose a major threat. “At the FSB, we have long maintained that crypto...

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Drumbeat Gets Louder for Nonbank Regulations
Drumbeat Gets Louder for Nonbank Regulations
May 27, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

Nonbanks have risen in stature and as key players in the global financial system, especially in the wake of the Great Recession earlier in the...

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Shadow Banking’s Global Risks and Liquidity Concerns Loom Amid Market Turmoil 
Shadow Banking’s Global Risks and Liquidity Concerns Loom Amid Market Turmoil 
April 09, 2025  |  Banking

The carnage in global stock and bond markets wrought by the trade war being waged between the United States and just about everybody else continues....

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FSB Assigns Lower Capital Requirement to Bank of America
FSB Assigns Lower Capital Requirement to Bank of America
November 26, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Two of the 29 global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) moved to different “buckets” in 2024, meaning they will have a higher or lower capital requirement...

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International Financial Stability Board Chair: Non-Bank Vulnerabilities Threaten Financial System
International Financial Stability Board Chair: Non-Bank Vulnerabilities Threaten Financial System
July 22, 2024  |  Legal & Regulation

A top global financial watchdog says the “shadow banking” sector needs more regulation. Writing Monday (July 22) to a group of finance ministers and central...

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ECB Official Says Unregulated Banking Could Threaten Financial Stability
ECB Official Says Unregulated Banking Could Threaten Financial Stability
July 10, 2024  |  Banking

A European Central Bank board member is warning of threats tied to shadow banking. In an interview with the Financial Times published Wednesday (July 10), Elizabeth McCaul said the growth of...

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