Capital Adequacy and Leverage Ratio Requirements

Bank of Israel
Banking Supervision Department
Policy and Regulation Division
March 1, 2020
Circular no. C-06-2607
Attn: Banking corporations and credit card companies Re: Capital Adequacy and Measurement—Introduction, Scope of Application, and Calculation of Capital Requirements and Leverage Ratio (Proper Conduct of Banking Business Directives no.201 and 218) Introduction

1. In order to allow change in the banking system structure by reducing the dominance of the two
   largest banking groups, and after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Banking Business Affairs, and with the consent of the Governor, I have amended Proper Conduct of Banking Business Directive no. 201 on “Capital Adequacy and Measurement—Introduction” and Proper Conduct of Banking Business Directive no. 218, on “Leverge Ratio”, as detailed below. The amendment to Directive no. 201
2. Calculation of minimum capital requirements
   In Subsections 1 and 2 of Section 40(b), “20 percent” shall be replaced by “24 percent”. The amendment to Directive no. 218
3. Calculation and limitation
   In Section 7, “20 percent” shall be replaced by “24 percent”.
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4. The provisions of this circular shall go into effect upon its publication.
   Update of file
5. Update pages for the Proper Conduct of Banking Business Directive file are attached. Following
   are the provisions of the update:
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   (5/13) [2] 201-1-4 (3/20) [3] 201-1-4
   (4/15) [1] 218-1-9 (3/20) [2] 218-1-9
   Respectfully,
   Dr. Hedva Ber
   Supervisor of Banks