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The main purpose of bank regulation is the maintenance of a sound banking system, which is usually narrowly interpreted to mean 'prevention of bank failure'. To this end, regulators examine the ...

The capital-to-asset ratio calculates a company's assets and capital to determine whether there is enough capital to cover the assets, expressed as a percentage. Useful to regulators, business ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of the banking industry declined to 12 per cent in July 2025, following the withdrawal of regulatory forbearance ...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has released 2021 annual financial data from insurers that have completed their filings to date for Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR) Model – P/C, U.S. The ...

BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) - China's banking regulator and the central bank plan to adopt a more differentiated regulatory system for assessing commercial banks' capital adequacy and risk management, ...

The UAE central bank issued a circular on August 30 that might effectively mean that the authorities do not require banks to have as high a capital adequacy ratio as before. This might appear to buck ...

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Tuesday it plans to ease capital adequacy requirements for insurance companies to help lessen their burdens and raise the quality of ...