EghtesadOnline: Financial reports of banks show the majority are struggling with capital adequacy ratios (CARs) below global financial norms.

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has released new guidelines for the way banks' capital adequacy ratios are calculated.

EghtesadOnline: In its latest analysis of the Iranian banking sector, Capital Intelligence, the international ratings agency, noted that the repayment of government arrears to banks and the private sector is an urgent priority for Iranian banks to lift their weak capital adequacy ratios and allow their financing capacity to improve.