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September 13, 2024
The weekly growth of FX-adjusted credits continued to decelerate in the first week of September from 0.6% to 0.2% due to commercial credits in the overall sector and consumer credits of private banks, as has been happening since mid-August.
June 15, 2023
In the latest report on financial stability in the eurozone, the European Central Bank (ECB) analyzes the main vulnerabilities and risks, warns about the uncertainty in the macroeconomic and financial environment and its impact on the different economic agents.
June 2, 2022
In the Spanish banking system, 2022 will go down in history because several events will occur (or are already unfolding) whose impact on the industry’s results are hard to gauge. Two such events are the war in Ukraine and the end of the grace period for ICO-guaranteed loans.
February 9, 2022
Although the NPL ratio in the banking system declined as banks sped up the disposal of bad loans, asset risk remained high amid the repeated pandemic threats and the slow recovery. The risks associated with Evergrande’s fallout are manageable although it will take a longer time for the banking sector to absorb the shock.
September 24, 2021
We display the recent Evergrande crisis, discuss the possibility of default and the possible reactions by the authorities. We also conclude it will not lead to a systematic risk to the whole economy.
June 25, 2020
The Institute's reclassification of 116,000 loans to the past-due portfolio, as they were considered to be outstanding, increased delinquency to 14%. This is an accounting change rather than a growing impairment of credit.
May 25, 2018
Adjustments to the number of employees and branches in the sector continue, despite the deleveraging of the private sector seems to be coming to an end. The sector is feeling the effects of the resolution and sale of Banco Popular in June 2017 and posted after-tax losses of €3.9 billion for the year, although it achieved further improvements in solvency and asset quality.
February 8, 2016
Eight years after the start of the international financial crisis, the market has suddenly realised that the Italian banks still have tasks outstanding. Why have the markets focused on this problem now? What are the outstanding tasks? And, above all, what should we expect in future?
