Small U.S. Banks Eye Risk-based Capital Standards

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12 September 2006 at 10:20 a.m. ET

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By Kristin Roberts, Reuters

A proposal from U.S. bank regulators to apply risk-based criteria to determine the amount of capital most American banks must hold does not go far enough in differentiating risks among assets, bankers said on Sunday.

The proposal is for capital standards for smaller banks that do not come under the international accord known as Basle II.

Speaking on the sidelines of a banking conference, they said the proposal overlooked some types of assets and failed to make clear distinctions among some products, such as commercial loans.

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