Sector: Regulatory & Government

Italian government in talks to assist banks amidst Brexit crisis

28 June 2016 – Italy) The Italy government is considering options available to inject funds into some of its lenders...

Big Four at risk: APRA

(27 June 2016 – Australia) According to the country’s finance and banking regulator, Australia’s four major lenders could fall if...

Lending, Market share, Regulatory & Government

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Australia

PBOC hints at opening offshore yuan trade to domestic banks

(27 June 2016 – China) The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it is considering allowing domestic banks to participate...

Foreign Exchange, Regulatory & Government

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Asia, China

Chinese banks write-off US$300 billion since 2013

(27 June 2016 – China) Since 2013, Chinese banks have written off more than US$300 billion (A$403 billion) of bad...

Lending, Regulatory & Government

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China

Brexit hits NZ dollar

(27 June 2016 – New Zealand) The Kiwi dollar dropped to a 10-day low against the greenback following the UK’s...

Foreign Exchange, Regulatory & Government

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New Zealand

BNP, SocGen part of conglomerate looking to bring post-trade distributed ledgers to Euro SMEs

(22 June 2016 – France) A group of seven firms, including BNP Paribas Securities Services, Euronext and Société Générale have banded together to investigate...

Regulatory & Government, Technology, Trade Finance

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France

Australian and Singaporean regulators reach fintech agreement

(20 June 2016 – Australia) Australia's Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Singapore’s Monetary Authority (MAS) have signed a reciprocal...

Regulatory & Government

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Australia, Singapore