One of the main goals of the banking regulation and supervision is the promotion of the integrity, stability and health of the banking system as a whole. This also requires the mechanism, which would help some problem banks to gain lacking funds to meet the liquidity needs. Lender of last...

Reserve requirements has been part of the monetary policy instruments of banking in many countries including member countries of European Monetary Union and Czech Republic, too. But maintaining reserve requiremnts needs a contemporary rationale, no matter what their original purposes may have...

The article deals with the role of the central banks in advanced market economies and the theoretical possibility of abolishing these institutions. Central banks have monopolies in some areas, especially regarding monetary policy. In many countries, central banks also have monopolies in other...

The recent financial crisis has significantly modified the approach to helping troubled banks. The traditional role of the central bank has shifted toward non-credit forms of assistance, provided mainly by the state, and even toward assisting insolvent banks. State assistance - directly or...