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Germany’s Bundesbank is eyeing a shortcut for small and medium-sized banks. Basel capital rules could be scrapped in favor of a single leverage ratio. No risk-weighting. No buffers. Just raw exposure. https://finanz-szene.de/banking/bundesbank-erwaegt-verzicht-auf-basel-anforderungen-fuer-kleinbanken/ The leverage ratio was never meant to stand …
Gold just got promoted. As of July 1, 2025, physical gold is now officially classified as a Tier 1 asset under U.S. Basel III banking regulations. That means banks can count gold at 100% of its market value toward their …
Basel III’s Endgame is here, but is it really about stabilizing banks, or is there a bigger agenda at play? With gold creeping back to the center of the monetary system, the future of money could be on the verge …
For well over two years now, U.S. banks have been fighting tooth and nail against the Basel III regulations – specifically, that only real, physical gold is a Tier 1 riskless asset. Why are banks dead set against this rule? …
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by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/speeches/2023/spjun2223.html TLDRS: After the 2008 financial crisis, banks were found to be undercapitalized and over-leveraged, leading to a complete overhaul of capital requirements through a set of rules known as Basel III. The aim was to ensure banks …