Our global team has prepared the following FAQs to provide financial institutions with a cross-border perspective in navigating the governmental/regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financial institutions operating across countries must make quick sense of the governmental/regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic in their home country and the host countries in which operate. Our global FIA team has prepared the following FAQs to provide financial institutions with a cross-border perspective in navigating and taking full advantage of the governmental/regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. What are the general expectations of financial institutions?

This FAQ offers financial institutions a general overview of the expectations of home and host country regulators for financial institutions in dealing with governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. What are the lending expectations on FIs and what funding schemes are available?

This FAQ enables financial institutions to determine (a) home and host country regulatory expectations for continued lending and (b) the availability of key liquidity and funding schemes established by home and host country central banks and regulators.

3. What regulatory capital and leverage relief is available?

This FAQ enables financial institutions to determine eligibility to participate in government-sponsored liquidity/financing schemes for consumer and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

4. When is debt forbearance required?

This FAQ enables financial institutions to identify the effect on existing loan portfolios of emergency legislation and actions by financial regulators to provide relief to consumers and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

5. What liquidity support schemes are available to support FIs in their own businesses?

This FAQ enables financial institutions a tool to determine at a glance the scope of relief available from home and host country regulatory capital, leverage and stress testing requirements that otherwise would apply.

6. Are there restrictions on capital distributions?

This FAQ gives financial institutions a tool to determine at a glance whether emergency regulatory measures restrict the payment of dividends or other capital distributions to shareholders or by subsidiaries to the parent.

7. Do employers have to inform and consult with employees if they want to make redundancies during the COVID-19 pandemic?

This FAQ provides insight around key information and/or consultation obligations that financial services companies need to consider when contemplating making redundancies during the pandemic.

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