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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. | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 15 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.
