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Required capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions

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Required CET1 ratio effective January 2014 applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Required Supplementary Tier One Leverage Ratio For Insured Depository Institutions That are Subsidiaries of Bank Holding Companies.

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Required Tier One capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Required Tier One leverage ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Required Well Capitalized Minimum Supplementary Tier 1 Leverage Ratio For Insured Depository Institutions That Are Subsidiaries Of Bank Holding Companies.

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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.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117337116&loc=SL5958568-112826

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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.