Due to a sharp increase in non-performing loans in the banking sector, the capital shortfall of 20 banks rose to Tk1,71,789 crore in December 2024 – in just three months, according to a central bank ...

The Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) in Bangladesh’s banking sector plummeted to an all-time low of 3.08 per cent in December 2024 — far below the regulatory minimum of 10 per cent under ...

a minimum capital requirement of 4.5 percent of RWA a capital conservation buffer of 2.5 percent a 1.0 percent surcharge for domestic systemically important banks As seen in Chart 1, a capital buffer ...

While three banks would deplete their capital conservation buffer (CCB) under the adverse scenario, recapitalization needs would be minimal. A battery of complementary sensitivity stress tests, which ...