Do FT reporters really understand that capital, as in capital requirements for banks, refers not to general funds but to equity?

Sir, Christopher Thompson reports “Europe´s banks set for €250bn injection” August 18.

And that money, which according to Mario Draghi could eventually increase to €850bn, is to counter the fact that “Overall eurozone banks have decreased lending to the region´s businesses by €561bn since 2009 according to research by RBS, as they seek to raise capital and cut bloated balance sheets”

And I wonder if it is really understood that what the European banks need for renewing lending, to for instance SMEs, much more than that kind of cheap ECB funding, is the bank equity that regulators require them to hold especially much of when lending to those deemed “risky”, as compared to the equity banks need to hold when lending to those deemed “absolutely safe”.

Could the confusion result from that, for instance FT reporters, think of “capital” more in terms of general funds and not in terms of equity?

Could as it would seem Mario Draghi be equally confused about it, even though he was the chairman of the Financial Stability Board? Holy moly!