Last Update: July 21, 2010 03:16 ET

200 + Russian banks may fail to meet Y 2012 capital requirement

Russia’s Central Bank warned Tuesday that more than 200 banks would fail to meet the minimum capital requirement that takes effect in Y 2012.

Alexander Turbanov, general director of the Deposit Insurance Agency, said banks could lose their licenses if their registered capital doesn’t reach the required 180 million rubles (US$5.9M) after Jan. 1, 2012.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin last year proposed to increase the minimum capital requirements for banks to 1 billion rubles (U$S32.8M) over the next 6 yrs.—Paul A. Ebeling, Jnr. www.livetradingnews.com

Posted by Shayne Heffernan on Jul 21st, 2010 and filed under Latest News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response by filling following comment form or trackback to this entry from your site

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