Regulatory Capital: Standardized Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets | OCC

https://occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-8.html
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Service Retail Banking 88% Investment Services 15%
Specialism Capital Adequacy 94% Prudential Standards 91%
2026-03-19 18:10:23 · pdonofrio@vixio.com
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Retail Banking (88%)

The update directly addresses regulatory capital requirements for banking organizations, including national banks and federal savings associations, which are licensed depository institutions providing retail and commercial banking services.

Investment Services (15%)

Low confidence — REQUIRES HUMAN REVIEW. This is a capital adequacy regulation for banks, not an investment services update; no investment advisory, asset management, or client asset handling dimension is present.

Specialism
Capital Adequacy (94%)

The proposal directly addresses revised risk-weighted asset calculations, risk weights for various asset categories, and capital adequacy requirements under the U.S. Standardized Approach, which are core Capital Adequacy regulatory obligations.

Prudential Standards (91%)

Mandatory inheritance: Capital Adequacy is a child of Prudential Standards, so Prudential Standards must be raised as the secondary tag.

The OCC, the FDIC, and the Federal Reserve Board have issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the regulatory capital requirements applicable to banking organizations that are not Category I or II banking organizations (the U.S. Standardized Approach). The proposed revisions would improve the calculation of risk-based capital requirements to better reflect the risks of these banking organizations' exposures and facilitate more effective supervisory and market assessments of capital adequacy.

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TITLE: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Proposes Revised Standardized Approach for Regulatory Capital Requirements BODY: On March 19, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise regulatory capital requirements for banking organizations that are not Category I or II banking organizations under the U.S. Standardized Approach. The proposal aims to improve the calculation of risk-based capital requirements to better reflect the risks of banking organizations' exposures and facilitate more effective supervisory and market assessments of capital adequacy. Key proposed changes include revised risk weights for residential mortgages, corporate exposures, and other asset categories. The proposal would reduce the risk weight applicable to corporate exposures from 100 percent to 95 percent and certain other assets from 100 percent to 90 percent. It would also introduce a broader range of risk weights for most residential mortgages based on more granular risk factors. The proposal would remove the required deduction from regulatory capital for concentrations of mortgage servicing assets (MSAs) for banking organizations that opt into the community bank leverage ratio framework, while applying a 250 percent risk weight to all MSAs for banking organizations that calculate risk-based capital requirements. Additionally, the agencies propose requiring Category III and IV banking organizations (those with at least $100 billion in total consolidated assets) to recognize most elements of accumulated other comprehensive income, including unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, in their regulatory capital, subject to a transition period. Concurrent with this proposal, the agencies are issuing a separate proposal introducing a new expanded risk-based approach applicable to Category I and II banking organizations. The comment period closes on June 18, 2026. The proposal applies to community banks and all national banks and federal savings associations.
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