Nordea Bank Abp has successfully executed a share repurchase program, bolstering its treasury stock as a strategic move to optimise capital and facilitate employee remuneration. The transactions, carried […]
Barclays weighs client cuts – PAN Finance
Barclays is considering a strategic overhaul to enhance profits and reduce costs by potentially dropping thousands of clients at its investment bank. The restructuring, codenamed Minerva, has been […]
HSBC pick CEO for planned embedded finance venture
HSBC has designated Vinay Mendonca as the Chief Executive Officer of its forthcoming joint venture with B2B trade platform Tradeshift. This joint venture, initially disclosed in August, is […]
Progress in adopting the Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today published the progress report on banks’ implementation of the BCBS 239 Principles for effective risk data aggregation and reporting. The report […]
Basel Committee consults on a disclosure framework for climate-related financial risk
Basel Committee issues public consultation on a Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks. Forms part of its holistic approach to address climate-related financial risks to the […]
Current challenges for the banking industry: the role of public policy
Remarks by Mr Fernando Restoy, Chair, Financial Stability Institute, at the Mexican Banking Association Finance and Markets Seminar 2023 Virtual, 24 November 2023.
BIS residential property price statistics, Q2 2023
Key takeaways In the second quarter of 2023, global house prices fell more moderately than in the previous three months, by an aggregate 2.4% year on year (yoy) […]
The financial origins of regional inequality
Summary Focus Over the last decades, regional inequality in the United States and other advanced economies has steadily increased as income growth in urban areas has outpaced that […]
Disclosure of climate-related financial risks
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued a public consultation paper on a Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks. This work forms part of the […]
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) information security and operational risks to central banks
Introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will have far-reaching implications for the operations of the issuing central bank and the risk it faces. Both will depend mainly […]