The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) has responded to a new proposal regarding credit risk under the Basel framework. ELFA is calling for risk weighting treatment for commercial leases and loans backed by capital equipment, in...
Read Story
April 20, 2015, 07:07 AM
|
According to Fitch Ratings, the agreement by regulators to change the definitions and stress assumptions in the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), delay its full implementation and allow banks to use their liquidity buffer in times of stress sets a more...
Read Story
January 09, 2013, 07:31 AM
|
Bloomberg reported global central bank chiefs gave lenders four more years to meet international liquidity requirements and watered down the measures in a bid to stave off another credit crunch.According to the report, banks won the delay to fully...
Read Story
January 07, 2013, 07:50 AM
|
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) called on federal financial regulators to exempt community banks from proposed Basel III regulatory capital standards. In a comment letter to the agencies, ICBA wrote that it strongly believes that...
Read Story
October 23, 2012, 06:32 AM
|
JPMorgan Chase reported record net income for third-quarter 2012 of $5.7 billion, compared with net income of $4.3 billion in the third quarter of 2011. Earnings per share were a record $1.40, compared with $1.02 in the third quarter of 2011. The...
Read Story
October 12, 2012, 07:45 AM
|
CFO reports the rules on liquidity levels set by the Basel III framework for bank capital could curtail banks’ appetite for underwriting lines of credit for companies. The article makes reference to recent panel of bankers and risk managers brought...
Read Story
October 01, 2012, 07:45 AM
|
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced that it strongly supports Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Director Thomas Hoenig’s call for regulators to modify proposed Basel III capital standards because of their...
Read Story
September 17, 2012, 06:59 AM
|
Bloomberg reported the European Central Bank (ECB) is pushing global banking regulators to relax a draft liquidity rule so that lenders can use some asset-backed securities and loans to businesses in a buffer they must hold against a possible credit...
Read Story
August 28, 2012, 06:54 AM
|
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) expressed strong concerns with proposed rules to implement Basel III capital standards in a meeting with Federal Reserve officials. In a meeting this week with Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth...
Read Story
July 16, 2012, 07:17 AM
|
EPC, a wholly-owned remarketing and recycling subsidiary of St. Louis-based CSI Leasing, Inc., has recently achieved e-Stewards Certification at all six of their facilities in the U.S. EPC is the first Missouri electronics recycler with multiple...
Read Story
February 24, 2012, 07:00 AM
|
International Decision Systems announced the launch of IDS Analytics, a new service geared toward helping asset finance organizations make better, faster, and more consistent financing decisions. IDS is leading the way in driving the asset finance...
Read Story
February 08, 2012, 06:00 AM
|