FIRB

Capital adequacy - credit risk.

Foundation Internal Ratings Based.

FIRB is a simpler version of the Internal Ratings Based (IRB) approach to determining capital requirements for banks and other financial institutions.

The FIRB approach includes certain credit risk assessments made internally by the regulated institution, in combination with other standardised externally generated data.

See also

• AIRB
• Capital adequacy
• Credit risk
• Exposure At Default (EAD)
• IRB
• Loss Given Default (LGD)
• Probability of Default (PD)
• Risk Weighted Assets (RWAs)
• Standardised Approach (STA)