An impairment allowance that is defined and set by a regulatory authority. By nature impairment allowances are created for impairment...

The portion of total deposits that the banks (private or commercial) are required to maintain with the central bank in...

An entity that is in charge of managing a country's currency (and broadly, money supply), credit and interest rates. It...

In general, a reserve (specifically, a commercial bank reserve) is a monetary amount that is created and put aside in...

The situation that arises when a regulator considers a bank to be no longer viable (point of non-viability, PONV), setting...

The amount of capital a bank or other financial institution (a regulated entity) has to hold, at all times, as...

An acronym for risk-weighted assets; a measure of a bank's or financial institution's capital that relates its main risk exposures...

A measure of a bank's or financial institution's capital that relates its main risk exposures to the applicable risk weights...

A financial promotion that is made in the course of a telephone conservation or personal visit. Financial institutions are required...

The amount of capital provision (haircut) that a bank or financial institution makes when booking a specific transaction so that...