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Denmark’s Ex-Finance Regulator Charged In Money Laundering Scandal

PYMNTS

Henrik Ramlau-Hansen, the former chair of Denmark’s financial regulator and former Danske Bank finance director, has been charged by Danish economic prosecutors. He resigned in 2018 at the same time a scathing Danske report from the regulator was issued. The money laundering went on from 2007 to 2015.

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Do large and small banks need different prudential rules?

BankUnderground

Do prudential regulations that work well for big banks work as well for small ones? This provides evidence that an efficient set of regulations for large banks might not be as efficient for small ones. Regulators would then need to think about whether a different set of regulatory requirements would be better for small banks.

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Norwegian Regulators Say AML Measures Fell Short

PYMNTS

On of the main players in the scandals is Danske Bank , whose Estonian branch was used for some 200 billion euros ($227 billion) of suspicious payments between 2007 and 2015. A number of Nordic banks have been implicated in the scandals, including Swedbank and Nordea Bank Abp.

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The language of rules: textual complexity in banking reforms

BankUnderground

The banking reforms that followed the financial crisis of 2007-08 led to an increase in UK banking regulation from almost 400,000 to over 720,000 words. Did the increase in the length of regulation lead to an increase in complexity? Figure 1 provides a visualisation of the networks for 2007 and 2017.

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P2P Chinese Lender Dianrong Seeks $100M Amid Regulations

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“It is hard to keep raising capital and growing when the government specifically imposes limits on both the borrowers and the lenders.”. In January, P2P lenders numbered around 1,000, down from 2,350 in the middle of 2007. Monthly lending volumes have also dropped 60 percent.

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE. He starts by reviewing some of the data over the last decade, specifically the role that Acquisition, Development and Construction (ADC) loans played leading up to the 2007 recession. What are HVCRE loans? Residential construction - 85% 5.

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Bankers: What's Your "Well Capitalized"?

Jeff For Banks

Prediction : The Federal Reserve''s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and its complementary Dodd-Frank Act Stress Testing (DFAST) will meet its intended purpose, to better ensure financial institutions have sufficient capital during times of economic duress. In other words, what''s your well capitalized?

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