5. Upgrade the capital management approach. Many banks have been improving capital management since Basel II took effect. With Basel III, the pressure to do so is even greater. Corporate banks should look first to reduce capital waste, particularly by improving calculation methods and models, processes, and data quality. Banks should also step up collateral collection and management. Second, and more important, corporate banks should consider ways to make their business models “capital-lite”. Banks can often switch to products that offer similar economics (for both the bank and the customer), but require less capital. For example, factoring could replace receivables financing.