The COVID-19 Pandemic: Supervisory Implications and Priorities for Islamic Banking

TC Note considers implications of COVID-19 as it affects Islamic finance

Toronto Centre Note discusses seven potential implications and priorities for supervisors regulating Islamic banks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in dual banking systems: i) ensuring supervisory transparency, clarity in regulatory interventions, and a level playing field for Islamic banks; ii) navigating a tricky trade-off between regulatory capital requirements and economic growth; iii) managing Islamic banks' asset quality and the treatment of moratoria and non-performing financing; iv) dealing with a liquidity crunch and providing Shariah-compliant liquidity support and lender-of-last-resort facilities; v) providing supervisory support for issuing sovereign Sukuk for fiscal deficits; vi) evaluating stress testing and credit quality; and vii) reviewing financial safety nets and insolvency regimes for Islamic banks. 

Publisher: Toronto Centre     Release date: May 2020    

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Crisis management and contingency planning, Islamic finance, Stress-testing, COVID-19

Sectors: Banking