preserving financial stability. While the legal, regulatory, and supervisory frameworks for banking and insurance sector have …

perspectives: systemic risk monitoring, banking supervision, and crisis management. Vulnerabilities to natural disasters and … external economic contagion heighten this need. The banking sector dominates the financial system and has focused on … uncertainty and fragility in the banking system …

Finland's banking system remains well capitalized and profitable. Although low interest rates have squeezed net interest …

years in strengthening the financial sector, however, important weaknesses remain. Bank capitalization and asset quality … is highly dependent on the European Central Bank's Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations. Profitability is also …, utilizing the full gamut of their toolkit, to ensure that banking sector weaknesses do not linger, and costs are contained …

and addressed. Key metrics suggest that the banking system is in good health, but challenges exist. The banking system … operational independence of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). In order to strengthen bank supervision, the MFSA …

This Technical Note discusses the results of the stress testing of banking system resilience in Spain. The results … heavily reliant on central bank funding. Based on these findings, the authorities are encouraged to continue to monitor …