United States:
Banking Agencies Make Corrections To Community Bank Leverage Ratio Final Rule
09 March 2020
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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The Federal Reserve Board, FDIC and OCC (collectively, the
"agencies") made corrections to a final rule designed to simplify capital
requirements and provide substantial regulatory relief for
qualifying community banks. The final rule went into effect on
January 1, 2020.
As
previously covered, the community bank leverage ratio framework
- which will become available on March 31, 2020 - is a "simple
alternative methodology to measure capital adequacy."
The content of this article is intended to provide a general
guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
about your specific circumstances.
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