Thursday, May 3, 2012

Banks must maintain 7% core capital: RBI's Basel III norms

........ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday directed Indian banks to maintain a minimum tier I capital or core capital which is equity and reserve under the final guidelines on Basel-III capital regulations. Moreover, the regulator, for the first time, asked lenders to keep a capital conservation buffer of 2.50%. "These guidelines would become effective from January 1, 2013 in a phased manner," RBI said in a statement........

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