Latest SIFI proposal targets top 30, no Aussies 20 June 2011 4:35PM A group of around 30 global banks would face tougher capital requirements under the latest proposal on how to deal with "global systemically important financial institutions", or G-SIFIs. read more
UK bank giants to be ring-fenced 16 June 2011 4:49PM Major UK banks such as HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays will have to "ring-fence" their retail businesses, UK Chancellor George Osborne announced this morning. read more
Bank collapse fund not necessary, says ACFS 09 June 2011 4:38PM Building up a fund today to pay victims of future bank collapses is unnecessary, says a new paper published by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. But, the paper says, there is a case for b.. read more
US, EU wrangle over Basel III 06 June 2011 4:37PM US and European financial regulators are wrangling over who is doing a better job of implementing the Basel III global banking rules agreed last December. read more
King: Banks face telco-style marginalisation 06 June 2011 4:33PM Australia's banks face the same challenge telecommunications monopolists have been failing for some time, says a prominent global banking consultant. read more
King: Banks should fear social media disaster 03 June 2011 4:53PM Banks today face greater risks from bad word-of-mouth on social media networks than they do from regulation and other higher-profile threats, says prominent global banking consultant Brett King. read more
Analysis: Google Offers gives Wallet a reason to exist 03 June 2011 4:52PM Google Wallet won't be available even in New York and San Francisco for a few weeks yet and the company tells Banking Day it has "no specific dates to announce" regarding an Australian launch. read more
ACFS: Liquidity rules could hit Australian banks 03 June 2011 4:48PM New rules requiring Australian banks to hold larger reserves of liquid assets are likely to have a "substantial" impact on Australian banks, concludes a new paper from the Australian Centre for Fina.. read more
Consultant: Banks, card issuers unlikely to win payments battle 02 June 2011 4:29PM Google Wallet may not dominate contactless payments, but it is more likely to be a significant player in the space than existing banks and payments firms, says a prominent global banking consultant. read more
Analysis: In a PIIGS crisis, which way will investors fly? 30 May 2011 4:41PM The biggest single lesson of the 2008 global financial crisis was that when debt goes bad the knock-on effects are hard to predict. The market for low-quality US mortgage paper was small, but enough.. read more