Scale of crypto’s crime problem overblown, say industry leaders

Rise in US Treasury crypto seizures due to major cases and higher bitcoin prices

US banks push back against proposal to curb compensation

The industry has resisted previous regulatory attempts

UK regulator urges banks to stress test their private equity exposure

The Prudential Regulation Authority has presented the results of a review on banks' exposure to private equity

Banking groups call for caution as EU advances on common deposit insurance scheme

The scheme, first proposed in 2015, has long been stalled because of concerns from some states about sharing risk

How severe is banks’ exposure to private credit?

While aggregate bank exposure to private credit is low, some individual lenders may have concentrated risk

Swiss ‘too big to fail’ rules lack ambition, say experts

Biggest criticism is the decision not to pursue greater capital requirements

US regulator says it is ready to wind down big banks without public money

The FDIC aims to increase transparency around its approach to resolution

New accounting standard to improve transparency but have limited impact on banks

IASB will require income statement adjustments but has yet to clarify treatment of sustainable investments

Fed’s emergency liquidity needs to be more effective, says official

Many see the lending facilities as only for banks in trouble 

Will the EU’s securitisation revival bring more capital relief for banks?

Securitisation could free up capital for lending to the real economy, but increase links to NBFIs

EU’s Basel 3.1 reforms set to reduce property market volatility, report finds

The European parliament will soon vote on amendments to incorporate the new rules into EU law

Regulators are struggling to assess shadow bank contagion risk

A lack of data is obscuring the true systemic danger

FCA publishes new guidance for ‘finfluencers’

Last year the UK regulator removed more than 10,000 misleading adverts

Banks called out for ‘window-dressing’ their systemic importance

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision wants to change how it judges the largest global banks’ systemic importance