Finance & Banking vocabulary · Regulation & Compliance

Bail-in

Meaning in finance & banking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In finance & banking, bail-in means: Absorbing a failing institution's losses by writing down eligible claims or converting them into equity.

In Turkish: iç kaynakla kurtarma

How it is used

Use in resolution; which liabilities can bear losses depends on the legal regime and instrument.

Example sentences

  1. The resolution plan identified liabilities that could be subject to bail-in.

    The plan identifies claims available for loss absorption.

  2. The bail-in converted eligible bond claims into shares in the restructured bank.

    Creditors can become shareholders through the conversion mechanism.

Common collocations

  • bail-in tool
  • bail-in eligible debt

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