Switzerland. Switzerland has a relatively unique banking sector, with a high market concentration by the two largest domestic … banks. The overall assessment of the peer-review team is that Switzerland is generally in compliance with the Basel Core … Principles with two exceptions where the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC) is deemed largely compliant. The two exception …

effectiveness of Cyprus’s banking regulatory and supervisory framework in place, and the resulting high degree of compliance with …

-border exposures to foreign parent banks. The authorities proceeded with large public support to systemically important financial …

This paper discusses key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment on Banking Supervision, Insurance … financial sector appears largely sound and resilient to potential adverse shocks. The banking system is well capitalized and … profitable, with adequate liquidity, but faces challenges arising from the recent rapid credit growth that increases bank …

financial system is still weak. The crisis has set back progress toward a strong, competitive banking system for the future. The … structured corrective action regime and a unified administration regime for all banks, with broad powers for the administrator …

detailed assessment of observance of the Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision, implementation of the …

Sector of the Cayman Islands. Banks in the Cayman Islands operate within a well-defined prudential regulatory framework …

assessment reveals that although Kazakhstan’s banking system is liquid, there are significant variations from bank to bank …, with the distinctions between the tenge and foreign exchange liquidity being quite important. An appropriate body of … commercial law is in place, and both banks and the supervisory authority express general satisfaction with the functioning of the …

restructuring of the banking sector in the 1990s has helped improve the efficiency and competition of the Italian banking industry … the Italian banking sector has not yet been fully reflected in the pricing and quality of core services. …

banking, capital markets, and insurance sectors and contribute to the identified vulnerabilities. According to official data …, banks are in general well capitalized, but the quality of capital is questionable, and loan loss provisioning may not fully …