"There is a wide cross-country variation in the institutional structure of bank failure resolution, including the role of the deposit insurer. The authors use quantitative analysis for 57 countries and discuss specific country cases to illustrate this variation. Using data for over 1,700 banks...

Private cryptocurrencies allow for payments without the need for a financial institution. These institutions, the central bank and retail banks, may thus observe a decline in the demand for their payments systems, i.e. cash and deposits. Using the monetary search model of Lagos and Wright...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019 aims to stop landlords and letting agents in England from taking advantage of prospective tenants who pay holding deposits. It caps the maximum holding deposits that can be taken to one week's rent. A holding deposit, as the Act's sponsor Lord Bourne confirmed, creates...