The Wall Street Journal reported that global banking regulators are expressing concerns that trillions of dollars’ worth of short-term loans could complicate their efforts to handle a failing financial institution, said people familiar with the talks.

The Journal sources said further the regulators are calling for changes to terms of repurchase agreements, or repos, and securities-lending agreements in which trading firms, banks and investment companies typically swap cash and securities with promises to reverse the transactions in the future.

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