More time to comply with PSL requirements takes away the immediate burden from the bank. Similarly, clarity on holdings in investments and subsidiaries will clear air for investors. Market-linked ...

This will allow banks to increase the weightage given to government securities when calculating their statutory liquidity ratio and free up deposits for their short-term funding needs. Following a ...

While CRR was historically essential alongside Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as a monetary tool, its relevance has diminished under the modern LCR framework. Rationalizing or eliminating the CRR ...

Veteran banker Uday Kotak recently expressed concerns about the slowdown in retail deposit growth, which threatens the ...

In FY2022-23, banks borrowed Tk13.08 trillion in liquidity support from the central bank, which was already 7.5 times higher than the preceding fiscal year ...

While CRR was historically essential alongside Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as a monetary tool, its relevance has diminished under the modern LCR framework. Rationalizing or eliminating the CRR ...

Currently, under MSF, banks can avail of funds by dipping into the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) up to an additional one per cent of their deposits – cumulatively up to 3 per cent of their ...

Liquidity Services has an accrual ratio of -0.63 for the year to December 2024. That indicates that its free cash flow quite significantly exceeded its statutory profit. Indeed, in the last twelve ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is reducing the statutory reserve requirement (SRR) ratio from 4.00% to 3.50%, effective from Feb 1, to ensure sufficient liquidity in the domestic ...