G20 ministers back big bank capital surcharge

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's top economies backed on Saturday a mandatory capital surcharge on big lenders of up to 2.5 percent to be phased in from 2016, dealing a blow to banks hoping for a rethink or delay.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/194cfec1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=G20+ministers+back+big+bank+capital+surcharge&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F15%2Fuk-g20-regulation-idUKTRE79E14H20111015%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=G20+ministers+back+big+bank+capital+surcharge&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F15%2Fuk-g20-regulation-idUKTRE79E14H20111015%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115974822519/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/194cfec1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115974822519/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/194cfec1/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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