2015-12-24
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The National Bank of Belgium designates specific credit institutions, financial holding companies, and mixed financial holding companies as Domestic Systemically Important Institutions (DSIIs). It imposes additional Tier 1 core capital buffers on these entities, set at 0.5% for the first category and 0.25% for the second category starting 1 January 2016, with scheduled increases to 1% and 0.5% respectively in 2017, and 1.5% and 0.75% in 2018. The affected institutions include Belfius Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING Belgium, KBC Group, KBC Bank, Argenta, Axa Bank Europe, Euroclear, and The Bank of New York Mellon.
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