KBC’s capital remains well above the minimum capital requirements
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Brussels, 27 October 2026 (06.00 p.m. CET)
KBC has been informed by the European Central Bank (ECB) of its new minimum capital requirements. Following the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) performed for 2026, the ECB has formally notified KBC of its decision to maintain both the Pillar 2 Requirement (P2R) at 1.95% and the Pillar 2 Guidance (P2G) at 1.00% of RWA.
The decision leads to a fully loaded overall CET1 requirement for KBC Group (under the Danish Compromise) of 10.94% (stable compared to 2Q2026). The requirement consists of a Pillar 1 Requirement of 4.50%, a P2R of 1.10% (incl. split according to Article 104a of CRDV), a capital conservation buffer of 2.50%, the O-SII (other systemically important institutions) capital buffer of 1.50% and includes all announced decisions by local competent authorities on future changes of countercyclical capital buffers (1.34%).
At the end of the second quarter of 2026, KBC Group’s unfloored fully loaded Basel 4 CET1 ratio amounted to 14.4%, well above the CET1 requirement.
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