Bank Deregulation Primer 2025

How will the US-led bank deregulation wave impact the top 19 global banks?

As global regulators set their approaches for banks capital requirements, the implications for the world's largest banks are becoming increasingly significant. In our inaugural Bank Deregulation Primer, we assess the potential impact of these regulatory shifts on the top 19 global banks.

The primer offers senior banking leaders a structured framework to:

• Untangle the global complexity of capital requirements
• Understand the multiple ongoing regulatory initiatives
• Uncover the scale of financial impacts across jurisdictions

Key Insights

• In the United States, the deregulatory agenda could enable banks to release up to 14% of their CET1 capital, unlocking approximately $2.6 trillion in additional asset capacity for lending and capital markets activity.