assistance on-and assessing compliance with-international standards in banking supervision …Developing economies can strengthen their financial systems by implementing the main elements of global regulatory … the Basel standards, smaller institutions with less complex business models would be subject to a simpler regulatory …

In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences … findings are consistent with regulatory capture, which lessens the support for tighter rules and enforcement. This in turn … governing interactions between regulators and banks. Enhanced transparency of regulatory decisions as well as strenghtened …

This paper revisits the competitive environment of the banking system in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and … NIMs and defensive responses by incumbent banks that benefit consumers. The case studies also shed light on regulatory … approaches and prudential considerations in fostering financial innovation and banking sector competition …

failure, providing a case for the introduction of a macro-prudential approach to banking regulation. …