The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency adopted the much anticipated new capital rules implementing Basel III. The new rules will become effective for community banks on January 1, 2015, with many provisions of the new rules phasing-in over a four-year period. This series will discuss the following:
- Part I. Overview | Entities Affected By The New Capital Rules (July 31, 2013)
- Part II. Changes To The Minimum Capital Requirements (August 13, 2013)
- Part III. Revised Regulatory Capital Calculation (September 3, 2013)
- Part IV. Changes To The Risk-Weighting Of Assets (September 17, 2013)
- Part V. The Impact Of The Capital Conservation Buffer
Steps You Can Take To Prepare For The Capital Conservation Buffer:
- Implement a review of your capital to determine compliance with the capital conservation buffer
- Review your bonus plans to determine whether they will be affected by the capital conservation buffer