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FDIC Unveils Long-Awaited Community Bank Leverage Ratio
American Banker, Nov. 20, 2018–Rachel Witkowski (subscription)
The plan would create a community bank leverage ratio for institutions with less than $10 billion of assets which smaller banks could comply with in lieu of more complicated Basel risk-based capital standards. Under the proposal, the ratio was set at 9% of tangible equity to total assets.