Austrian Banks Fulfilled EBA Requirements

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: July 11, 2012; 14:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

The European Banking Authority published today an overview report on the implementation of the capital exercise. The vast majority of the banks in the sample meet the required ratio of 9% Core Tier 1 (CT1).

Austrian Banks Fulfilled EBA Requirements / Picture: © Hurdle

The two biggest Austrian banking groups Erste Group and RZB (Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG) have fulfilled the requirements by EBA. Both banks achieved a tier-1 capital quotas at the end of June without any problems, the Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) announced today. Details about the Austrian banks will be published in September.

Initially, also…