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An additional cushion of capital which banks are required to hold, to protect them from breaching minimum capital requirements under conditions of stress. | 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. | Capital buffers must be held in the form of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital. | ||
Revision as of 12:11, 11 November 2016
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.
