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The amount of Common Equity Tier 1 Risk Based Capital minimum ratio requirement under the regulatory framework of Basel 3.

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Amount of trust preferred securities subject to phase out provision of Dodd Frank Act.

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Amount of the Trust Preferred Securities that will no longer qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment, but instead will qualify for Tier 2 capital treatment.

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The Total risk based capital ratio (total capital divided by risk weighted assets) required to be categorized as "well capitalized", in the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35709795&loc=SL5958568-112826

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of Tier 1 Leverage Capital required to be categorized as well capitalized divided by average assets as defined in the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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The Tier 1 capital ratio (Tier 1 capital divided by risk weighted assets) required to be categorized as "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.