The results of a comprehensive, forward-looking assessment of the financial conditions of the nation's 19 largest bank holding companies (BHCs) by the federal bank supervisory agencies were released on Thursday.
The exercise--conducted by the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation--was conducted so that supervisors could determine the capital buffers sufficient for the 19 BHCs to withstand losses and sustain lending--even if the economic downturn is more severe than is currently anticipated. In a detailed summary of the results of the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (SCAP), the supervisors identified the potential losses, resources available to absorb losses, and resulting capital buffer needed for the 19 participating BHCs.
The SCAP is a complement to the Treasury's Capital Assistance Program (CAP), which makes capital available to financial institutions as a bridge to private capital in the future। Together, these programs play a critical role in ensuring that the U.S. banking sector will be in a position of strength.
The following institutions were directed to raise capital:Bank of America Corp. (BAC) $34 billion
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) $13 billion to 15 billion
GMAC LLC $11.5 billion
Citigroup Inc. (C) $5 billion
Morgan Stanley (MS) $1.5 billion
Regions Financial Corp. (RF) Amount unknown
These institutions were deemed not to need new capital:
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
American Express Co. (AXP)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK)
MetLife Inc. (MET)
Capital One Financial Corp. (COF)
State Street Corp. (STT)
Results for these institutions weren't known:
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
KeyCorp (KEY)
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
SunTrust Banks Inc.(STI)
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