Banco de Espana
Spanish banks brace for €5bn capital hike as CCyB doubles
Countercyclical buffer lifts requirements by €2.5bn in Q4, with further rises to come in 2026
The long march: ECB struggles with supervisory convergence
Anti-money laundering supervision and emergency liquidity assistance still run at national level
ECB's bank watchdog warned on NPL clean-up drive
SSM may need clearer enforcement process to boost bad loan provisioning, says regulator
Spanish banks allowed to ignore default risk for sovereign bonds
Banco de España is one of a number of European supervisors allowing its banks to ignore a Basel 2.5 requirement to model default risk on government bonds
Dangerous embrace: disentangling bank and state
Dangerous embrace
Risk Espana rankings 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Structured Products Espana: Grappling with regulation
The hunt for silver linings
EBA stress test: Santander’s sovereign swaps exposure not disclosed
Banco de España chose not to report Santander’s sovereign derivatives exposure to the EBA because it was 'not material'
BBVA given deadline to improve AMA model
BBVA has been given until December 2011 to make improvements to its AMA model by the Bank of Spain, or will not obtain the capital savings the AMA allows
RWAs too easily manipulated, finds Risk.net poll
Sixty-nine per cent of respondents urge regulatory action on risk-weighted assets
Basel Committee responds to RWA dispute
Roldán says the standards and implementation group of the Basel Committee will investigate risk-weighted assets
Risk Espana rankings 2011
No fiesta
Spain: where to next after the deposit wars?
After the deposit wars
€100 billion of caja loans could go bad: Bank of Spain
Bank of Spain releases details of savings banks’ exposures to real estate sector, levels of provisions; says reforms have addressed slew of underlying problems
CDS spreads reach 18-month high in Bahrain
Bahraini authorities crack down on protesters as spreads rise across the Middle East and North Africa.
Make the right decision: Spain’s Ordóñez to Dublin
Governor of the Bank of Spain suggests Irish officials ask for help as fears grow that Dublin’s resistance to a bailout will trigger contagion
Spanish bank borrowing from ECB continues to balloon
Spanish banks continue to depend on European Central Bank after stress tests exposed capital shortfalls
OpRisk Europe: The slow drive for change
Speakers at OpRisk Europe agreed that, while change in op risk legislation and capital calculation is necessary, it needs to be undertaken slowly and carefully
Quant Congress USA: Economist praises dynamic provisioning
Barclays Capital senior economist praises dynamic provisioning approach to loan losses
No changes yet as Basel III redrafting looms
Basel Committee members are seeking to fend off speculation they have already decided to abandon or rewrite key elements of their proposals.