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: