For the last eight years the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) has struggled to replace the original Accord on Capital Adequacy (Basel I) with a new Accord (Basel II). At the ...

What does the revised U.S. Basel III Endgame proposal mean for banks? Regulators signal lower capital requirements, but key uncertainties remain around timelines and implementation details.

On March 19, 2026, the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB"), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”, collectively, the “Agencies”) released (i) a ...

Basel III Endgame describes the last part of post-crisis regulations implemented to improve resilience, transparency and comparability across the global financial sector. The intended implementation ...

Financial institutions across Asia-Pacific (APAC) are moving forward with Basel IV implementation, as regulators incorporate the final Basel III reforms into local frameworks. These updates introduce ...

"The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) will defer increases to the Basel III standardized capital ...

The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published its second near-final Policy Statement on the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards. The PRA has decided to move the implementation date by a ...

After eight years of contentious wrangling, federal regulators said Friday that they would issue a single, uniform Basel II capital rule for the 11 largest banks as soon as early September. A plan to ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This Technical Assistance Report on Zimbabwe discusses the Financial Sector Stability Review follow-up technical assistance ...

Under Basel II banks can therefore choose between three systems - a standardized approach, a foundation internal ratings-based (IRB) approach and an advanced IRB approach. A bank's overall regulatory ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has sent a letter to the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation expressing its opinion that ...