Q3 2020 Business Update amid Covid-19
The regulatory reaction -
Pragmatism paired with dividend restrictions
Type of measures
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ECB has extended its recommendation for banks not to pay dividend and not to buy back shares until December 2021
Recalibration of SRB and OSII buffers to 1% will become effective in December 2020
Financial market Stability Board recommends to leave the countercyclical capital buffer at a rate of 0%
Gradually reduced countercyclical capital buffer from 1.75% to 0.50%
Restriction on dividend payment
Relaxed limits on LTV; dropped limit on DSTI and DTI
Loosened capital and liquidity requirements by ECB
NBS reduced countercyclical capital buffer from 1.5% to 1.00% (as of August 2020)
Recommendation to refrain from dividend payment
Minimum reserve requirement eliminated
Restriction on dividend payments extended until January 2021
Derogations from DTI & LTV limits and maximum tenor allowed for consumer loans amended under public moratorium
Flexibility regarding temporary usage of liquidity and capital buffers; recommendation against dividend payment
Loans amended under public and private moratoria will not be treated as forborne
Reduced mandatory reserve requirement from 12% to 9%
LCR requirement eased
Restriction on dividend payments
Restriction on dividend payments until YE 2020
Countercyclical buffer kept unchanged at 0%
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