WOCCU supported the Basel Committee on Banking Supervisions Technical Amendment: Capital Treatment of Securitsations of Non-Performing Loans (NPL), but urged it to go further and consider the amendments made in the European Union by the European Banking Authority in its opinion on the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the European Securitisation Regulation (ESR). Removing impediments to securitisations of NPLs should result in the freeing up regulatory capital reserves, which in turn will increase liquidity in the market. This will be important as the number of NPLs is likely to increase as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue. WOCCU urged Basel to consider those items adopted in the EU on NPLs.

A copy of the comment letter can be found here.