In the context of the debate on increased integration of Eurozone banking markets, this paper evaluates the impact of …. We then assess the extent to which productivity converges within and across banking industries as a result of …. Improvements in technology are increasingly driven by a smaller number of banks and concentrated in fewer banking industries. …

mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the different types of M&A, the challenges and opportunities for the banking system in Central …

This paper shows that the global financial and economic crisis has jeopardized the viability of relationship banking in … capacity of the Spanish banking system to provide relationship-banking services, which was threatened even before the crisis …-distributed relationship banking; and the forced recapitalization of Spanish banks, which selects against small and outlying banks and requires …

This article analyses the role of the banking system in financing the impressive process of growth undergone by the …

This article examines the profound structural changes that have taken place in the Spanish banking market over the …. However, the restructuring of the banking system has managed to consolidate inter-regional internal capital circuits, which …

environment in Greece have severely affected the banking sector, which faces funding and liquidity challenges, deteriorating asset … of the Greek banking sector and the liquidity-solvency nexus remains largely an uncharted area. The results generated …