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 ...

Moreover, the regulator, for the first time, asked lenders to keep a capital conservation buffer of 2.50%. Private sector lender Development Credit Bank (DCB) on Wednesday raised around Rs.

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 ...