Banking Regulators Have a Powerful Weapon to Encourage Compliance with Minimum

Banking regulators have a powerful weapon to encourage compliance with minimum capital guidelines as they can impose costs on noncomplying banks by doing any or all of the following except

A) require the bank to increase the number of outside directors on its board.
B) require the bank to submit a plan describing how and when its capital will be increased.
C) subject the bank to more frequent examinations by the regulator.
D) deny a request to merge,open new branches,or expand services.