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RBA Glossary definition for solvency

solvency – The capacity of an entity to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Solvency may be expressed as maintaining positive net-tangible assets.

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Appendix C: Should Bank Supervision Be Carried Out by the Central Bank or by a Separate Authority? | Submission to the Financial System…

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
of the banking system and assurances as to an individual bank's solvency. ... This was despite its having no independent way of assessing the solvency of the institutions.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/appendix-c.html

Organisation of Prudential Supervision | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector | Submissions

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
Prudential supervision necessarily carries with it some official ‘comfort’ for savers about the solvency of individual institutions and the maintenance of contractual claims. ... If it felt that the problem in question was not a matter of liquidity
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/organisation-of-prudential-supervision.html

Executive Summary | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector | Submissions

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
In the case of non-banks, this means supervising part of an institution without first-hand knowledge of the solvency of the whole.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/executive-summary.html

Present Regulatory Responsibilities | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector | Submissions

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
At a very general level, insurance companies are supervised like deposit-taking institutions, with an emphasis on capital/solvency requirements.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/present-regulatory-responsitilities.html

Payments System Issues | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector | Submissions

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
By requiring each high-value payment to be pre-funded, RTGS will eliminate the potential for one bank to cause liquidity (or solvency) problems for other banks by failing to settle
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/payments-system-issues.html

Objectives and Types of Financial Regulation | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector |…

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
For this reason, the appropriate form of regulation of investment products is one based on disclosure of the characteristics of the product, rather than on the solvency of the institution offering
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/objectives-and-types-of-financial-regulation.html

Some Other Prudential Supervision Issues | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector | Submissions

6 Sep 1996 Submissions
Nevertheless, the fact remained that the Australian authorities could not accept responsibility for the solvency of a foreign bank which operated in Australia through a branch.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/some-other-prudential-supervision-issues.html