On 12 September 2024, the PRA published Consultation Paper 7/24 (The Strong and Simple Framework: The simplified capital regime for Small Domestic Deposit Takers (SDDTs)) as part of its Phase 2 of announcements, which sets out the proposed simplified capital regime for SDDTs.

On 27th June 2024, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published the ICAAP Scenarios for non-systemic UK banks, which are the supply shock scenario and the demand shock scenario. This article summarises the key factors of the scenarios and provides specific points on how small- and medium-sized banks should approach there stress testing design processes, with relation to the 2024 ICAAP Scenarios.

On the 15th May 2024, The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published the outcomes of a thematic review it conducted on the recovery planning capabilities in a Dear CEO letter. This article summarises the key areas of Improvements and provides specific action points that small- and medium-sized banks may consider as part of the recovery planning process.

Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) plays a crucial part of the process of setting both retail and commercial interest rates. This Insight provides a brief overview of the overall FTP process and how Katalysys can help small- and medium-sized banks implement such a process.