Capital requirements of European banks

Statistics report on the capital requirements of European banks

Capital requirements of European banks

This report gives key insight into how Europe's largest banks are performing in relation to the Basel III accords capital requirements. The Basel III accords were designed to strengthen a bank's capital requirements by increasing bank liquidity (the ability that bank has to meet its financial obligations when due) and decreasing bank leverage (the use of debt in order to purchase assets). The third installment of requirements, which were agreed upon by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, look to mitigate the risk of a further financial crisis and create a more resilient banking system. This report gives capital and leverage ratios of a selection of Europe's largest banks.

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European overview

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  • Premium Statistic Europe's worst performing banks based on CET1 capital ratio 2025
  • Premium Statistic Europe's best performing banks based on CET1 capital ratio 2025
  • Basic Statistic Largest European banks in 2022, by CET1 ratio
  • Premium Statistic Tier 1 capital ratio of banks in Europe Q2 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Total capital ratio in Europe Q1 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Average bank leverage ratios in Europe Q1 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Leverage ratio of European banks 2011-2019

Capital ratios of Europe's largest banks

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  • Premium Statistic HSBC Holding: capital ratios Q2 2018-Q2 2019
  • Premium Statistic BNP Paribas: capital ratios Q4 2011-Q3 2019
  • Premium Statistic Crédit Agricole Group: capital ratios 2019-2022
  • Premium Statistic Banco Santander: capital ratios Q4 2018-Q4 2022
  • Premium Statistic Deutsche Bank Group: capital ratios Q4 2019
  • Premium Statistic Societe Generale: capital ratios 2018-2022
  • Premium Statistic Barclays PLC: capital ratios Q3 2018-Q4 2021
  • Premium Statistic Group BPCE: capital ratios 2017-2019
  • Premium Statistic Lloyds Banking Group: capital ratios Q3 2018-Q2 2023
  • Premium Statistic ING Group: capital ratios Q4 2018-Q1 2023

Leverage ratio of Europe's largest banks

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  • Premium Statistic HSBC bank: Leverage ratio Q4 2018-Q4 2022
  • Premium Statistic BNP Paribas: capital ratios Q4 2011-Q3 2019
  • Premium Statistic Leverage ratio Crédit Agricole S.A. 2018-2022
  • Premium Statistic Banco Santander: leverage ratio Q4 2018-Q4 2022
  • Premium Statistic Leverage ratio of Deutsche Bank Group 2019 to 2022
  • Premium Statistic Leverage ratio of Societe Generale 2018-2022
  • Premium Statistic Barclays PLC: leverage ratio Q3 2018-Q4 2021
  • Premium Statistic Group BPCE: leverage ratio 2016-2019
  • Premium Statistic Lloyds Banking Group: leverage ratio Q3 2018-Q1 2022
  • Premium Statistic ING Group: leverage ratio Q4 2018-Q1 2022

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