It stands for systemically important financial institution. A bank, an insurance firm, or any type of financial institution that are...
An acronym for risk-weighted assets; a measure of a bank's or financial institution's capital that relates its main risk exposures...
An event that triggers a regulated institution's seizure or resolution by a regulatory body. This follows a situation where an...
It stands for commercial paper, which constitutes unsecured, short-term notes that are sold on a discount basis either indirectly (through…
It stands for bank deposit certificate (a certificate of deposit, CD, that is issued by a bank). It is a...
It stands for federal funds rate; the interest rate at which banks and other depository institutions, in the USA, lend...
It stands for effective federal funds rate; a method of calculating the federal funds rate (fed funds rate) that produces...
It stands for marginal cost lending rate; the minimum interest rate below which banks and financial institutions cannot lend as...
A capital instrument that is subject to specific terms and conditions for eligibility as part of tier 1 capital (AT1...
It stands for additional tier-1 bond; a capital instrument that is subject to specific terms and conditions for eligibility as...