The Capital Adequacy of Banking Institutions: Ukrainian Realities and International Regulatory Control

The article is aimed at diagnosing the current state of capitalization of banking institutions in Ukraine to substantiate applied measures in order to increase the level of adequacy of banking capital, in view of the requirements of international legislation. The essence is considered and the terminology apparatus of the «bank capital» is systematized. The main indicators of development of the banking sector of Ukraine for 2015–2018 are diagnosed, the indicator of adequacy of regulatory capital for leading banks is estimated, the compliance of banking institutions with the requirements for the size of their regulatory capital and their ability to timely pay on their obligations to counterparties is determined. The basic changes which will happen at the full-fledged implementation of the «Basel-III» agreement are researched, the possible most significant positive and negative consequences for banking institutions of Ukraine resulting from the specified agreement are substantiated. The risks on claims and possibilities of their transfer are analyzed in the context of banking institutions of Ukraine and individual countries. Prospect for further scientific research is the practical development of the mechanism for identification and ranking of the aggregate of risks arising from the further introduction of requirements of the «Basel-III» standard in the banking activities, in view of the experience of foreign countries