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BoE's Breeden calls for international debate on bank capital buffers
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
BoE's Sarah Breeden urges a global debate on bank capital buffers, citing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Financial Stability Report.
LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said on Wednesday that international finance regulators should have a debate over the best usage of banks' capital buffers based on the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"One of the things that we learned through that was that some of our buffers are more usable than others," Breeden said at a press conference following the publication of the BoE's twice-yearly Financial Stability Report.
"And I think trying to start a debate about the appropriateness of the various buffers we have internationally would be a really good thing to come out of this review," she added, referring to a BoE review of capital requirements due to be published in December.
(Reporting by David Milliken and Lawrence White, writing by Andy BruceEditing by William Schomberg)
Sarah Breeden emphasized the need for a debate on the appropriateness of various capital buffers internationally, highlighting that some buffers are more usable than others.
Breeden's comments came during a press conference following the publication of the Bank of England's twice-yearly Financial Stability Report.
A debate on capital buffers is considered important as it could lead to better understanding and usage of these buffers, which play a crucial role in financial stability.
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