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When a bank issues 'Senior Non-Preferred' debt, what is the primary regulatory purpose for creating this specific layer in the capital stack?
- To offer investors higher security through a ring-fenced cover pool
- To provide a layer of debt that is 'bail-in-able' to satisfy TLAC or MREL requirements
- To reduce the bank's interest expense compared to Senior Preferred debt
- To count as 'Going-Concern' capital that can absorb losses without the bank failing
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