The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has recently published the 2024 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) using end-2023 data and applying the assessment methodology designed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). The number of banks identified as G-SIBs remains at 29; there were no additions or removals from the list. However, compared with the list of G-SIBs published in 2023, Groupe Crédit Agricole has moved from bucket 1 to bucket 2 (corresponding to a higher capital requirement), while Bank of America has moved from bucket 3 to bucket 2 (corresponding to a lower capital requirement).
FSB member authorities apply the following requirements to G-SIBs:
- Higher capital buffer: The G-SIBs are allocated to buckets corresponding to higher capital buffers that they are required to hold by national authorities in accordance with international standards. The capital buffer requirements established by the 2024 list will be effective beginning 1 January 2026.
- Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity (TLAC): G-SIBs are required to meet the TLAC standard, alongside the regulatory capital requirements set out in the Basel III framework.
- Resolvability: These requirements include group-wide resolution planning and regular resolvability assessments. The resolvability of each G-SIB is reviewed in the FSB Resolvability Assessment Process (RAP) by senior regulators within the firms’ Crisis Management Groups.
- Higher supervisory expectations: These include supervisory expectations for risk management functions, risk data aggregation capabilities, risk governance and internal controls.
The BCBS published material related to the identification of G-SIBs, including updated denominators used to calculate banks’ scores; the thresholds used to allocate the banks to buckets; and the values of the thirteen high-level indicators of all banks in the assessment sample used in the G-SIB scoring exercise. The BCBS also provides the links to the public disclosures of all banks in the full sample of banks assessed. The BCBS interactive G-SIB dashboard has also been updated to reflect the latest results.
A new list of G-SIBs will next be published in November 2025.
