---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 252.72"
title: "12"
number: "252.72"
heading: "Credit exposure limits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/252.72"
---

# §252.72. Credit exposure limits.

- (a) **General limit on aggregate net credit exposure.** No covered company may have an aggregate net credit exposure to any counterparty that exceeds 25 percent of the tier 1 capital of the covered company.
- (b) **Limit on aggregate net credit exposure of major covered companies to major counterparties.** No major covered company may have aggregate net credit exposure to any major counterparty that exceeds 15 percent of the tier 1 capital of the major covered company.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 38493, Aug. 6, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 321-338a, 481-486, 1467a, 1818, 1828, 1831n, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1831w, 1835, 1844(b), 1844(c), 3101 et seq., 3101 note, 3904, 3906-3909, 4808, 5361, 5362, 5365, 5366, 5367, 5368, 5371.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 62391, Oct. 12, 2012, unless otherwise noted.