Aktia Pankki Oyj - Company Announcement

Aktia Bank plc: The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has granted Aktia permission to use IRBA for exposure to households

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-02-11 12:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Aktia Bank plc
Stock Exchange Release
11 February 2015 at 1 p.m.



THE FINNISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY HAS GRANTED AKTIA PERMISSION TO USE
IRBA FOR EXPOSURE TO HOUSEHOLDS 

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has on 10 February 2015 granted
Aktia Bank Group permission to implement an internal method (IRBA) for
calculating the capital requirements for exposure to households as from 31
March 2015. 

IRBA enables closer risk assessment, strengthening the Bank Group's capital
adequacy due to good credit quality of household exposures. 

The IRBA method would have had a positive effect of 4-5 percentage points on
the Bank Group's Core Tier 1 capital ratio (CET1) at year-end 2014. Aktia's
Core Tier 1 ratio 31 December 2014 stood at 14.6%. 

The work continues on migration to internal models for exposure to companies
and financial institutions. 



AKTIA BANK PLC

For more information, please contact:
Jussi Laitinen, CEO, tel. +358 10 247 6250

From:
Anna Gabrán, Investor Relations, tel. +358 10 247 6501, +358 40 708 1807


Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd
Central media
www.aktia.com


Aktia provides a broad range of products within banking, insurance and real
estate agency. Aktia operates mainly in coastal areas and inland growth areas.
Aktia has about 300,000 customers who are served by nearly 900 employees at 57
branch offices and via Internet and telephone services. Aktia's shares are
listed on the list of NASDAQ Helsinki Ltd. For more information about Aktia see
www.aktia.com