New trade deals restrain governments on financial regulation

Ten years after the 2008 crisis, we are still not protected from new financial crises. Yet, the CETA...

Representation of public interest in banking #0 – Introduction: A contribution to shaping a vision for the future of banking in Europe

The essential nature of some of the core functions of banks combined with the enormous potential costs of...

Taking the state – solutions for a besieged democracy

Faced with the rise of populism in Europe, it’s all too convenient for national politicians  to lay the...

The Better Regulation restaurant

Setting the table for Better Regulation? When Frans Timmermans presented the Better Regulation Package in May, he used the analogy...

ENLIGHTEN: European legitimacy in governing through hard times

Over the last five years the European Union has faced financial crises, acute imbalances, problems of macro-economic coordination,...

Robert Jenkins’ partial list of bank misdeeds

Source: https://www.finance-watch.org/blog/robert-jenkins-partial-list-of-bank-misdeeds/

Financial education; the what, the how, the why…

Financial education is on the agenda again. You probably know the sales pitch: customers who know about financial...

The EU’s role in international financial bodies

Who sets the rules governing the financial sector? What interests are represented? If we look at Europe, financial...

The last stretch: reaping the benefits of the sustainable finance framework

In 2018, as part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented an EU action plan on sustainable...

#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform

The true cost of the 2008 crisis As authorities only just prevented a 2023 repeat of the 2008...

Blocking complexity – how complex regulation blocks public interest representation

Banking regulation in Europe and around the world is dominated by technical and expert rule-making and enforcement. In...

Деофшоризация в финансах: как регуляторы ужесточают контроль за низконалоговыми юрисдикциями

В последние годы глобальные регуляторы ведут активную борьбу с уходом компаний в офшоры, стремясь вернуть налогооблагаемые активы в...

The insufficient role of EDIS in restoring trust in banks

Banks are uniquely prone to runs because they borrow short and lend long, creating a maturity mismatch in...

About the decisions taken by European bank regulators and supervisors in the face of the coronavirus crisis

Our analyses of the coronavirus crisis: Bank regulators and supervisors have taken a number of important measures over...

Financial regulation: Small victories on revolving doors

In an unprecedented move to avoid conflicts of interest, the European Parliament rejected the nomination of an ex-lobbyist,...

Representation of public interest in banking #3 – What blocks public participation in banking?

The activities of Europe’s banks concern all of its citizens: almost everyone has a bank account (World Bank, 2014),...

Hiding in Plain View: Why economists can’t see the obvious coming

The meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was not a “Black Swan”. It was...

Brexit and financial services: What is at stake for citizens?

The current EU financial regulation is by no means perfect, and it certainly cannot afford any risk of...

Better regulation: Why more stakeholder involvement benefits some more than others

The Better Regulation package proposed by the Commission on 15 May 2015 is a response to President Juncker’s...

Representation of public interest in banking #4 – The banks, the public and the secluded world of the BCBS: who has access?

Bank lobbying around this month’s meeting of the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision shows how far the pendulum...

Robert Jenkins’ partial list of bank misdeeds


Source: https://www.finance-watch.org/blog/robert-jenkins-partial-list-of-bank-misdeeds/

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