The Basle Committee’s proposed reforms of international bank capital standards suggest an increasing reliance on commercial credit ratings and internal bank risk ratings. These reforms, although ...

Rising mortgage rates, lower homebuyer demand and fewer homeowners choosing to sell their homes caused the housing market to slow during the second half of 2022. In the title insurance industry this ...

The capital-to-asset ratio calculates a company's assets and capital to determine whether there is enough capital to cover the assets, expressed as a percentage. Useful to regulators, business ...

Eight commercial banks have fallen short of the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) required for international authorisation, the stress test conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. The ...

The CET1 ratio for Woori Financial has increased YoY and QoQ in the recent quarter, but WF's CET1 ratio is still the lowest among the major Korean financial institutions. Woori Financial's future ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banking regulator on Monday published new rules on banks' capital requirements as part of efforts to implement Basel III guidelines to help lenders rein in risks. The rules ...

Well-managed community banks deserve the ability to make the case for lowering their capital levels, writes Adam Mustafa, of Invictus Group. Deregulation — particularly efforts to loosen capital ...

NECB's excellent asset quality and high capital adequacy make it well-positioned for current market conditions despite some risks. The stock is underpriced with a significant upside potential, ...

The UAE central bank issued a circular on August 30 that might effectively mean that the authorities do not require banks to have as high a capital adequacy ratio as before. This might appear to buck ...

The Central Bank previously implemented a countercyclical buffer of 0.25% on February 1, 2025, amid ongoing growth in corporate lending, and raised it to 0.5% as of July 1. The regulator said that ...

DUBAI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) plans to revise its capital adequacy guidelines for Islamic financial institutions, with a draft to be released ...

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank of Malaysia, is advancing its transition to Basel III-aligned capital adequacy standards, with its new framework set to take effect on July 1, 2026. As ...