Switzerland fully meets Basel bank capital standards

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  Switzerland fully meets the Basel Committee’s standards for banks’ leverage ratios, according to the committee.

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  It was one of four of six countries to receive the highest rating, “compliant.”

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  Australia, Japan and South Korea also received the highest rating, while Canada and Britain were rated “largely compliant.”

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  The leverage ratio compares a bank’s core capital with its total exposure and limits its borrowing.

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  The committee’s publication of reports on the six countries concluded its first cross-country review of leverage-ratio standards.

Who

Switzerland and five other countries assessed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

What

Switzerland was rated fully compliant with the committee’s bank leverage-ratio standards.

When

The committee announced the result on Tuesday evening; the article was published on 13 October 2026.

Where

Switzerland; the assessment covered six countries.

Why

The assessment examined how fully and consistently member countries had incorporated Basel standards into their rules.

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