Qatar Central Bank Circular No. 10/2022

Amendments to Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)

With reference to Qatar Central Bank Circular No. 2/2014 on liquidity coverage ratio dated 6/1/2014, Qatar Central Bank Circular No. 26/2015 on net stable funding ratio dated 30/3/2015 and the other related circulars, to maintain stability of the banking sector, and to enhance liquidity in view of the international standards and local, regional and world developments; QCB decides the following to include amendments to the two ratios mentioned above as follows:

First: Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

  • (1) Denominator:

    Outside cash flows: Withdraw risk weights related to customers’ deposits shall be changed in as per the classification of resident and non-resident deposits as the following:

    Weight Current

    Weight Amended

    Resident

    Non resident

    All personal deposits with maturity date within 30 days

    10%

    10%

    30%

    All personal deposits with maturity date after 30 days

    3%

    2%

    10%

    All other customer deposits other than personal deposits with maturity date within 30 days

    40%

    40%

    70%

  • (2) Cancellation of the US dollar Exception: