Capital requirement
REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CAPITAL NEEDED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Total Risk-Based Capital; Risk capital; Capital adequacy; Capital requirements; Capital Requirement; Regulatory Capital; Required capital; Regulatory capital; Minimum capital requirement; Capital adequacy management; Capital adequacy guidelines
A capital requirement (also known as regulatory capital, capital adequacy or capital base) is the amount of capital a bank or other financial institution has to have as required by its financial regulator. This is usually expressed as a capital adequacy ratio of equity as a percentage of risk-weighted assets.