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Empresas y finanzas

Central bankers agree to bank capital surcharge plan


    BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Global banking regulators have agreed on a proposal to slap an extra capital charge on the world's biggest banks to make them safer by 2019.

    The Governors and Heads of Supervision said after a meeting in Basel on Saturday the proposal would be put out to public consultation next month.

    "The additional loss absorbency requirements are to be met with progressive common equity tier 1 capital requirement ranging from 1 percent to 2.5 percent, depending on a bank's systemic importance," the committee said in a statement.

    An additional 1 percent surcharge would also be imposed if a bank becomes too big.

    The plans, which need approval from world leaders in November, would be phased in between January 1 2016 and end of 2018.

    (Writing by Huw Jones; Editing by Toby Chopra)