The global financial crisis underscored the importance of regulation and supervision to a well-functioning banking system that efficiently channels financial resources into investment. In this paper, we contribute to the ongoing policy debate by assessing whether compliance with international...

1. Introduction -- 2. Changing Role of Banks in the Financial System -- 3. Defining a Business Model in Banks -- 4. Identification of Business Models -- 5. Bank Business Models and Financial Stability Assessment -- 6. Business Models, Ownership, Organisational Structures and Size -- 7. Migration...

1. Introduction2. Changing Role of Banks in the Financial System3. Defining a Business Model in Banks4. Identification of Business Models5. Bank Business Models and Financial Stability Assessment6. Business Models, Ownership, Organisational Structures and Size7. Migration of Business Models8....

This paper aims at providing a complete picture of banking mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Europe during the 1990s and at offering economic evaluation and strategic analyses of the process. The main characteristics of this process in the 1990s were the emergence of " mega banks" at the...

In the decades preceding the Great Crisis of 2007-2009, banking systemsunderwent a profound transformation, progressively moving awayfrom a type of banking centred on personal relationships towards onebased on more standardised and impersonal rapport. It was thought that,through this...