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  U.S. will boost capital demands on banks above global standards

  By Jesse Hamilton and Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg  |  July 9, 2013

  Capital standards at the biggest U.S. lenders would rise to 5% of assets for parent companies and 6% for their banking units under a plan proposed today by federal regulators.

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  U.S. banks must meet Basel mark as small firms get easier terms

  By Yalman Onaran, Jesse Hamilton and Josh Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  July 2, 2013

  U.S. banking regulators agreed to ease requirements for some of the smallest lenders in a new set of capital standards designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 crisis that almost destroyed the world’s financial system.

• Basel Committee said to weigh national firewalls for banks

  By Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg  |  March 19, 2012

  After targeting global banks deemed too big to fail, regulators are weighing tougher capital rules for lenders whose collapse would roil national economies.