Capital buffer

Bank capital adequacy

An additional cushion of capital which banks are required to hold, to protect them from breaching minimum capital requirements under conditions of stress.

Capital buffers must be held in the form of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital.

See also

• Buffer
• Capital
• Capital adequacy
• Capital Conservation Buffer
• Common Equity Tier 1
• Countercyclical buffer
• G-SII buffer
• Liquidity buffer
• Stress
• Systemic Risk Buffer