Banking crises can be damaging for the economy, and as the recent experience has shown, nowadays they can spread rapidly across the globe with contagious effects. Therefore, the assessment of the stability of the banking sectors is important for regulators, depositors, investors and the general...

Preface – by Chrysovalantis Gaganis, Fotios Pasiouras, Menelaos Tasiou, Constantin Zopounidis -- Chapter 1 – The changing role of banks in the financial system: social versus conventional banks, by Simon Cornée, Anastasia Cozarenco, Ariane Szafarz -- Chapter2 – ESG issues as strategic...