Banks’ Q2 CAR falls, still above thresholds

The capital adequacy ratios (CAR) of big banks under the more stringent Basel III Framework slipped in the second quarter from a year earlier, the central bank reported on Wednesday, but the result was still an improvement from the first three months of 2015.

The CAR of universal and commercial banks (U/KBs) slightly slipped to 15.48 percent as of end-June 2015 from the 15.94 percent recorded in the same period last year.