-       SAMA Basel II Program ▼

-       SAMA Basel II.5 Program ▼

-       SAMA Basel III Program ▼

-       SAMA Liquidity Standards Program ▼

-       SAMA Leverage Ratio Program ▼

-     SAMA's Circulars concerning the Revised Guidance Document regarding Basel II, II.5 and III capital framework and Amended Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) ▼

-       SAMA Other issued Circulars regarding Basel II, II.5 and III ▼

-     SAMA Basel II Program

1.  Capital Adequacy Requirement for Market Risk - circular # BCS 355 dated 29 December 2004

2.  Basel II – SAMA's Detailed Guidance Document Relating to Pillar 1 - circular # 290 dated 12 June 2006

3.  Basel II Guidance Document Pillar 2 Supervisory Review Process, February 2007

4.  SAMA Basel II Prudential Returns - circular # BCS 180 dated 22 March 2007

5. Basel II – Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements and Guidance Notes - circular # BCS 378 dated 24 May 2007

6.  Guidelines on Application Procedures for the Adoption of IRB Approaches - circular # BCS 210 dated 8 April 2008

7.  Pillar 2 – SAMA's Guideline Document on the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Plan (ICAAP) - circular # BCS 581 dated 22 September 2008

8.  SAMA's Amended IRB Prudential Returns and Guidance Notes Package and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - circular # BCS 5318 dated 18 January 2012 

9.  Mapping of Credit Assessments Ratings Provided by Eligible External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI's) to Determine Risk Weighted Exposures – circular # BCS 242 dated 11 April 2007

10.  Enhancements and Revisions to the Basel II Framework, Market Risk and Trading Book – circular # BCS 769 dated 29 July 2009

-     SAMA Basel II.5 Program

1.    Enhancement to the ICAAP Document at end of 2011 - circular # BCS 27835 dated 10 November 2011.

2.    SAMA's Finalized Guidance Document for the Implementation of Basel II.5 Standardized and IRB Approaches (Document) - circular # BCS 25478 dated 21 October 2012   

3.  BCBS Documents: Range of Methodologies for Risk and Performance Alignment of Remuneration; and Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for remuneration – circular # 19120 dated 16 July 2011   

-     SAMA Basel III Program

1.    Announcement of the Basel III Accord and SAMA Plans for its Implementation of Basel II and III in 2011 - circular # BCS 5944 dated 15 February 2011

2.    SAMA's Final Guidance Document Concerning Implementation of Capital Reforms Under Basel III Framework - circular # 341000015689 dated 19 December 2012

3.    SAMA's Final Guidance Documents Concerning Implementation of Basel III Pillar 3 component - circular # 341000019984 dated 29 December 2012

4.    SAMA's Final document Concerning Basel III Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approaches for Credit Risk - circular # 351000121270 dated 17 July 2014   

5.  Basel Committee – Final Elements of the Reform to Raise the Quality of Regulatory Capital – Loss Absorbency at the Point of Non-Viability – circular # BCS 5611 dated 13 February 2011

6.  Treatment of Trade Finance Under Basel Capital Framework – circular # 60045/BCS 28548 dated 21 November 2011

7.  Basel Committee on Banking Supervision document regarding Capital Requirements for bank exposure to central counterparties of April 2014

8. Applicabilty of Countercylical Captital Buffer (CCYB) in Saudi Arabia

-    SAMA Liquidity Standards Program

1.  SAMA's Prudential Returns Concerning the Monitoring of Basel III Liquidity Risk through the Minimum Regulatory Liquidity Standards Ratios issued through circular # 14522/BCS 7390 dated 8 February 2012

 2.  SAMA's Finalized Guidance and Prudential Returns Concerning Amended Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) based on BCBS Amendments of January 2013 issued through circular # 34100010720 dated 10 July 2013.

3.   SAMA' Implementation of Monitoring Tools in Conjunction with the Amended LCR issued through circular # 351000147086 dated 24 September 2014

4.  Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Document regarding Liquidity Coverage Ratio Disclosure Standards issued through circular # 351000133366 dated 25 August 2014.

5.  SAMA's Finalized Guidance Document and Prudential Returns Concerning Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) based on BCBS Document of October 2014 issued through circular 361000036260 dated 29 December 2014

6.    BCBS Document issued in April 2014 regarding Frequently Asked Questions on Basel III's January 2013 Liquidity Coverage Ratio – circular # 351000095017 dated 21 May 2014

-     SAMA Leverage Ratio Program

1.  Quarterly Monitoring of Capital Leverage Ratio in 2011 and 2012 - circular # BCS 5610 dated 13 February 2011.

-     SAMA's Circulars concerning the Revised guidance document regarding the Basel II, II.5 and III capital framework and Amended Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

Following a comprehensive review carried out by SAMA during 2014 concerning its guidance documents regarding Basel II, II.5 and III and Amended LCR, SAMA issued the following circulars as well as Revised guidance documents.

1.    Enhancement of SAMA Circulars concerning Basel II, II.5 and III Capital Adequacy Framework - circular # 351000123076 dated 21 July 2014 and relevant annexes.

2.    SAMA's Revised Basel II, II.5 and III regulations and guidelines - circular # 351000147158 dated 25 September 2014

3.    SAMA's Revised Amended Liquidity Coverage Ratio Regulations and Guidance Documents - circular # 361000009335 dated 10 November 2014.

-   All of SAMA's Revised Guidance documents are provided in

SAMA Other issued Circulars regarding Basel II, II.5 and III