For decades Congress has required U.S. regulators to establish minimum capital requirements to ensure that the nation's banking institutions operate in a safe and sound manner. Though the current ...

Though the coming Basel II rules are expected to let large banks hold less capital behind mortgage loans, a new Federal Reserve Board study concludes that small banks would not be put at a competitive ...

PNC's goal is to be within a Basel III Tier 1 common capital ratio range of between 8%-8.5% by year end 2013 without benefit of phase-ins, based on current understanding of Basel III proposed rules, ...

During the next two to three years, major financial institutions that must meet the New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) guidelines must work to ensure that they have the appropriate IT infrastructure ...