The Bank of England is weighing an increase to its retail deposits leverage ratio threshold. Such a move, the central bank’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said Wednesday (March 5), would exempt smaller banks from the rules governing the U.K.’s banking giants. “Guarding against excessive leverage in our banking system...
The European Commission reportedly wants to seek comments from banks on its plan to implement the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), which determines how banks estimate potential losses and, therefore, capital requirements. The review would further delay the implementation of new rules that...
New capital requirements could help Great Britain’s smaller lenders compete in the country’s mortgage market. That’s according to a report published by Reuters on Thursday (Sept. 12), the same day the Bank of England said it would scale back its capital rules. The goal here,...
The tougher capital requirements the government had planned for banks may not be as tough. That’s according to a Sunday (May 19) report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which argues that efforts by banking CEOs like JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon to push back against the Federal Reserve’s proposal that banks hold more...
May 15, 2025
The U.S. is reportedly preparing to make substantial cuts to banks’ capital requirements. That’s according to a report Thursday (May 15) by the Financial Times (FT), which notes that the cuts would be the largest in more than a decade, and the latest in a series of deregulation efforts by the Trump administration. Sources familiar with the […]
March 05, 2025
The Bank of England is weighing an increase to its retail deposits leverage ratio threshold. Such a move, the central bank’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said Wednesday (March 5), would exempt smaller banks from...
February 28, 2025
The European Commission reportedly wants to seek comments from banks on its plan to implement the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), which determines how banks estimate potential losses...
September 12, 2024
New capital requirements could help Great Britain’s smaller lenders compete in the country’s mortgage market. That’s according to a report published by Reuters on Thursday (Sept. 12), the same day...
