Banking situation in Australia “remains stable” but could be quickly disrupted, one analyst said.
Australia’s prudential regulator has reportedly asked local banks to report on cryptocurrency transactions amid the ongoing contagion of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has started requesting banks to declare their exposures to startups and crypto-related companies, the Australian Financial ReviewThe regulator has ordered banks to improve their reporting on crypto assets and provide daily updates to the APRA, the report notes, citing three people familiar with the matter. The agency is aiming to obtain more information and insight into banking exposures into crypto as well as associated risks, the sources said.
The new measures are reportedly part of the APRA’s increased supervision of the banking sector in the aftermath of recent massive collapses in the global banking system. On March 19, Swiss UBS Group agreed tofor $3.2 billion after the latter collapsed over the weekend. The takeover became one of the latest failures in the banking industry, following the collapses of SVB and Silvergate.
Barrenjoey analyst Jonathan Mott reportedly told clients in a note that the situation “remains stable” for Australian banks, but warned confidence could be quickly disrupted, putting pressure on bank margins.“Our channel checks indicate deposits are not being withdrawn from smaller institutions in any size, and capital and liquidity buffers are strong,” Mott said, adding:
“But this is a crisis of confidence and credit spreads and cost of capital will continue to rise. At a minimum, this will add to the margin pressure the banks are facing, while credit quality will continue to deteriorate.”
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