The Slovak central bank, Národná banka Slovenska, has set capital buffers for banks designated other systemically important institutions.
The O-SII buffer rates for Ceskoslovenská obchodná banka a.s., Poštová banka a.s., Slovenská sporitelna a.s. and Všeobecná úverová banka a.s. were set 1% while that of Tatra banka a.s. was set at 0.5%.
The regulator also decided to introduce a systemic risk buffer of 1% for Slovenská sporitelna, Tatra and VUB.
The buffers will apply from Jan. 1, 2019.
