APRA updates regulatory approach to loans subject to repayment deferral

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APRA updates regulatory approach to loans subject to repayment deferral

APRA updates regulatory approach to loans subject to repayment deferral

Jul 08 2020
APRA today announced an extension of its temporary capital treatment for bank loans with repayment deferrals, as well as temporarily adjusting the capital treatment of loans where terms are modified or renegotiated (‘restructured’).
 
On 23 March 2020, APRA announced that banks that offered borrowers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic an option to defer repayments for a period of up to six months need not treat the repayment deferral period as a period of arrears for capital adequacy and regulatory reporting purposes.

APRA will write to all Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs), advising that this regulatory approach will be extended to cover a maximum period of 10 months from the start of a repayment deferral, or until 31 March 2021, whichever comes first.

Read the full announcement from APRA >