• Bank equity is the difference between a bank’s assets and its liabilities and represents the bank’s net worth or the value of its equity to investors.

  • Standards Basel I, Basel II and Basel III define the regulatory bank capital, which is closely monitored by market and banking regulators.
  • The capital of the bank is divided into levels, while the capital of the first level is the main indicator of the state of the bank.
  • Lenders are interested in knowing the bank capital of the bank, since this is the amount they will be covered if the bank liquidates its assets.