Basel Regulatory Capital Framework
PrintU.S. Implementation of the Basel Accords:
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), on which the United States serves as a participating member, developed international regulatory capital standards through a number of capital accords and related publications, which have collectively been in effect since 1988.
In June 2010, the BCBS published a comprehensive reform package, Basel III, which is designed to improve the quality and the quantity of regulatory capital and to build additional capacity into the banking system to absorb losses in times of future market and economic stress. Basel III introduces or enhances a number of capital standards, including a stricter definition of regulatory capital, a minimum tier 1 common equity ratio, the addition of a regulatory capital conservation buffer, a leverage ratio, and certain disclosure requirements.
U.S. Implementation of the Basel Accords
- Current / Recently Released
- Basel II Advanced Approaches Implementation
- Basel II Standardized Approach Implementation
- Basel I Revisions (Basel IA)
- Market Risk Revisions
- Archived Announcements and Other Related Documents
Basel Committee Documents
- Basel III
- Basel Market Risk Reforms
- Basel II – Implementation
- Basel II – Operational Risk
- Basel II – Compliance Risk
