Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

• ECB Said to Urge Weaker Basel

  By Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg  |  August 28, 2012

  Central bank reportedly wants a draft liquidity rule relaxed amid Europe’s debt crisis.

• Banks Underestimate FX Risks

  By Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg  |  August 20, 2012

  Basel Committee issues draft guidance to limit settlement risk on FX trades.

• Banks Double Treasury Buying

  By Cordell Eddings and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg  |  August 20, 2012

  Demand for Treasuries reflects growing gap between U.S. banks’ deposits and loans.

• Banks’ Borrowing Costs Decline

  By Liz Capo McCormick and Sridhar Natarajan, Bloomberg  |  July 17, 2012

  Financial institutions’ commercial paper shows smallest premium to bills since August.

• Biggest U.S. Banks Shrink Loans

  By Laura Marcinek, Bloomberg  |  June 26, 2012

  Regional lenders step up to fill the gap as big banks trim assets to comply with capital rules.

• U.S. Moves Forward on Basel III

  By Yalman Onaran and Jesse Hamilton, Bloomberg  |  June 8, 2012

  U.S. banks almost $60 bln short of proposed capital buffers, Fed estimates.

• Banks Cut Cross-Border Lending

  By Boris Groendahl and Gavin Finch, Bloomberg  |  June 4, 2012

  BIS says decline in fourth quarter was sharpest since Lehman’s collapse.

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  Holding Margin Rules at Bay

  By John Hintze  |  March 1, 2012

  Corporate end users are still wary of derivatives regulations. (Luke Zubrod of Chatham Financial)

• Banks Incite Volcker Rule Outrage

  By Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg  |  February 23, 2012

  Lobbyists pushed to expand restrictions, then encouraged governments to complain.

• Wall Street Unoccupied

  By Max Abelson and Ambereen Choudhury, Bloomberg  |  November 22, 2011

  200,000 job cuts bring ‘darkest days’ to a grim banking landscape.