OCC blow to Basel II timing

Hopes of finalising the new Basel capital accord in 2003 took a blow Monday as US Comptroller of the Currency John D. Hawke said in a speech that the OCC would insist on changes to the accord if, after a round of public consultation, US banks were not happy with the new accord.

He said that the OCC, which is a member of the committee "will not give its final agreement to Basel II until we have fully and objectively considered all the comments we receive" from US banks, "If, after reviewing

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