‘Take Risk’: Canada Regulator Cuts Bank Capital Level to Boost Lending

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Canada's financial regulator has lowered capital requirements for the largest banks, enabling greater lending flexibility to support defense spending, critical infrastructure projects, and investments in artificial intelligence. This marks the first such easing in three years.

Canada’s financial regulator lowered capital requirements for the country’s largest banks for the first time in three years, giving them flexibility to lend more to support a domestic push for defense spending, critical infrastructure and artificial intelligence.