Ratings firm says regulators give pass to big banks with weak capital ratios

By Mark Gordon
| 11:20 a.m. June 5, 2025

Weiss Ratings says a key measure of bank capital is common equity Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio.

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Shades of 2009-2010 — when there were 297 bank failures nationwide — are looming in an unusual battle between the Federal Communications Commission and one of the most recognized bank rating agencies.

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