In 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched a public consultation on future changes to the European Union wide stress test (EUWST). The EBA proposes a dual approach across four broad criteria of relevance, comparability, transparency, and cost efficiency: a supervisory leg as the...

The study econometrically analysed anti-money laundering regulations and banking sector stability in Africa. A panel data on 51 African countries over the period of 2012 to 2019 were used. Secondary data were sourced from the World Bank’s indicators, the IMF, the Basel Institute on Governance...

The events of March 2023 in the United States and Switzerland showed, once again, that banking systems remain fragile. The three US bank that failed were together close to the largest failure in history, and the failure of Credit Suisse, a Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB), was...