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Decrease in Standardized CET1 ratio due to revisions to calculations of Standardized RWAs due to regulatory feedback.

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Decrease in Standardized capital ratios due to revisions to calculations of Standardized RWAs due to regulatory feedback.

No definition available.

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Decrease in Standardized Tier 1 capital ratio due to revisions to calculations of Standardized RWAs due to regulatory feedback.

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Decrease in Standardized Total capital ratio due to revisions to calculations of Standardized RWAs due to regulatory feedback.

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Increase in Common Equity Tier One Capital Ratio in relation to changes to the calculation of loss given default.

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Increase due to revisions to calculations of Standardized RWAs due to regulatory feedback.

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Junior subordinated debt that is debt included in tier 2 capital.

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Jr subordinated debt phased out of regulatory capital.

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Ratio of total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets as defined by regulatory framework.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117337116&loc=SL5958568-112826

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Ratio of Common Equity Tier 1 risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets as defined by regulatory framework.

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Amount of risk-weighted assets as defined by regulatory framework.

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Ratio of Tier 1 risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets as defined by regulatory framework.