Banks
Popular sees highest NPL inflow since 2012
Telecoms and hotel loans behind $242 million in new NPLs in Q3
Default risk overtakes credit spreads in Japan's first year under FRTB
Securitisation charges lift a bigger slice of banks’ market risk requirements
Lower SCBs bring Citi, JPM close to Collins floor
Uncertainty lingers amid Fed proposal on SCB averaging and push to scrap the floor
Japan Post’s HTM markdowns grow 21% in Q3
Markdowns on securities hit record ¥2.7trn
BNP, Deutsche, SocGen face steep RWAs surge under FRTB SA
Pro forma disclosures for output floor show 2.5–2.8x increases if banks used only standardised formulas – far above peers
DFAST model changes would boost capital ratios
But category IV banks would suffer amid PPNR overhaul
Chinese banks drive global G-Sib liquidity coverage ratio to two-year low
The average G-Sib LCR falls to 136% as top Chinese dealers reverse 2024 gains
Citi first to adopt Fed’s two-year SCB average in capital target
Bank’s 12.8% CET1 target reflects proposed averaging rule, pushing capital goal up $2.4bn
US banks’ CRE lending hits record in H1 despite sector stress
Smaller lenders drive $32 billion increase ahead of new regional losses
Basel III reforms expected to lift large bank capital requirements by 2.1%
Latest BCBS analysis highlights increased capital needs from the output floor
Ditching Fed’s method 2 could unlock $112bn for top US banks
JPM and BofA could see largest capital gains if US G-Sib surcharge approach dropped, amid speculation of a framework overhaul
Stifel tops US banks in CLO concentration
$6.5bn CLO book equals over 15% of assets – triple the next US bank
Wells Fargo assets surpass $2trn as cap lift fuels expansion
Bank’s total assets rise $82bn in Q3, driven by federal funds, securities and loans
Hang Seng impaired loans surge past $7bn ahead of HSBC buyout
Residential mortgage impairments up 73% as CRE bad loans double
First Citizens records steepest climb in HFI loan risk-weights
Regional lender led US banks in HFI risk-weight growth in Q2 as scrutiny of loan books deepens
JP Morgan reverses HTM securities roll-off with $44bn transfer from AFS
Reclassification marks first HTM expansion since 2022 and may prompt peers to follow
EU banks’ incremental risk charges up 20% in H1 2025
Heightened trading flows and worsening credit outlooks leave dealers with more risk-heavy books
Basel III adoption gap widens as Turkey and India stall
With just a third of jurisdictions fully compliant, progress on the post-crisis banking reforms remains uneven worldwide
SFT exposures surge at EU banks
Jump in repo and securities lending activity across 31 European dealers elevated total exposures to €802bn in H1
Crédit Ag’s risk footprint swells faster than EU peers
Relative analysis of systemic scores suggests sticky step-up in G-Sib surcharge
US banks’ cash holdings jump $79 billion in Q2
Cash reserves up 4%, in biggest rise since 2023
BNP Paribas poised for fresh G-Sib score cut via intra-EU waiver
Carve-out facing US pushback compressed bank’s cross-border footprint 51% in 2024
Morgan Stanley SCB cut unlocks $4.2bn after rare Fed appeal win
Bank’s buffer falls 170bp, widening average cut across US banks subject to the regime to 66bp
European banks swell stocks of complex instruments
Derivatives and hard-to-value holdings rose across the bloc in 2024