Minimum capital requirements

The revised edition of the Basel III endgame capital rules has been stuck in limbo at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board of directors. The issue there seems to be about the process of reproposal — but the process dictates the substance of the rule.

The new chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision called for member nations to finish the job of implementing post-financial crisis regulations. He also warned them not to put economic goals over safety considerations.

Nellie Liang urges regulators to consider adjusting leverage rules to boost liquidity during stress periods, including leaving central bank reserves out of supplemental leverage ratio calculations.

Large banks welcomed regulators' proposed changes to last year's controversial reform package, but remain skeptical about the need for more capital.

In his reset of the Basel III endgame proposal outlined Tuesday, Federal Reserve Vice Chair of Supervision Michael Barr deemphasized the connection between last year's bank failures and raising capital. That makes a world of sense.

After months of anticipation, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr is set to lay out the path forward for the interagency regulatory capital reform effort known as the Basel III endgame on Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve finalized its capital requirements for large banks Wednesday based on June's stress test outcomes.

The Federal Reserve attributes the uptick in simulated losses in this year's stress test examination to heightened risks on bank balance sheets and higher expense levels. Credit cards and corporate lending were top areas of concern for the central bank.

JPMorgan Chase dropped one rung on the Financial Stability Board’s annual rankings of systemically important banks to sit alongside Citigroup and HSBC Holdings as one of the world’s three most important banks.

Under a rule issued in March, banks will build an additional capital cushion that is determined by their performance in the annual tests.