Bank Stress Tests

Exclusive: Europe hits banks with tougher capital test

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FRANKFURT - Europe's banks will have to achieve a significantly stronger capital position under a quick-fire regulatory health check and may need to raise some 100 billion euros ($137 billion), banking and regulatory sources said on Tuesday.

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Exclusive - Europe hits banks with tougher capital test

FRANKFURT - Europe's banks will have to achieve a significantly stronger capital position under a quick-fire regulatory health check and may need to raise some 100 billion euros (87 billion pounds), banking and regulatory sources said on Tuesday.

11 Oct 2011

EXCLUSIVE-UPDATE 3-Europe hits banks with tougher capital test

* Banks could need to raise 100 bln eur under tougher test

11 Oct 2011

UPDATE 1-EBA asks banks for 7 pct core Tier 1 ratio-sources

* Banks could need to raise 100 bln eur under tougher test

11 Oct 2011

EBA asks banks for 7 pct core tier 1 ratio-sources

FRANKFURT, Oct 11 - European Union Banking regulator EBA has demanded that lenders achieve a core tier one ratio of at least seven percent in the current round of internal stress tests, banking and regulatory sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

11 Oct 2011

EU bank watchdog faces big credibility test

* Regulators on stand-by until capitalisation funds found

07 Oct 2011

EU works on banks, Obama urges swift action

BRUSSELS/BERLIN - European Union moves to shore up ailing banks moved into higher gear on Thursday as U.S. President Barack Obama urged European leaders to act faster to tackle a sovereign debt crisis that threatens global economic recovery.

06 Oct 2011

EU works on banks, Obama urges swift action

BRUSSELS/BERLIN - European Union moves to shore up ailing banks moved into higher gear on Thursday as President Barack Obama urged European leaders to act faster to tackle a sovereign debt crisis that threatens global economic recovery. | Video

06 Oct 2011

WRAPUP 3-EU works on banks, Obama urges swift action

* ECB turns on liquidity pumps to help banks, holds rates

06 Oct 2011

EU exec pushes for joint bank funding boost

BRUSSELS/LONDON - The European Union executive flagged plans for a coordinated injection of funds into the region's banks as regulators met to reassess the resilience of stressed lenders amid fears others might face the same fate as debt crisis victim Dexia.

06 Oct 2011

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Results of the EU bank stress tests