Key Features:Contributors are from a wide range of countries and affiliations, spanning both the public and private sectors, including senior well-known academics, bank regulators, financial policy-makers, bankers, and trade association staff, with diverse experiences and views.

Why did European policy-makers introduce the Banking Union? Which are its main features? How does it affect banks and their customers? This book tries to answer these questions, by providing a clear description of the building blocks of the Banking Union, and by showing that several issues...