Sentence examples for capital strength from inspiring English sources

Gary Greenwood, at Shore Capital, said RBS had the capital strength to deal with such knocks.

Capital ratios are a measure of a bank's capital strength used by regulatory agencies.

In 2008, HSBC led the rankings, which are based on capital strength.

The big banks will be sorted according to their capital strength.

Capital strength is typically expressed as a ratio that compares a bank's capital with it assets.

Deposits by members rose by £1.5bn to £132bn, helping the society to increase its core capital strength measures.

Its core Tier 1 ratio, a measure of capital strength, increased to 10 percent, from 5.6 percent during last year.

"It will position us with the capital strength and scale to enhance our commitment to customers and communities".

The bank said that it did not expect the move to have a material impact on its earnings or capital strength.

They added: "The combination of capital strength, liquidity and geographic reach should leave HSBC well positioned strategically to benefit from any recovery in global banking markets".

While RBS and Standard Chartered both passed the overall thresholds set by the Bank, they did not meet the policymakers' judgment-based assessment of their capital strength.