Banking and financial industry participants, analysts, and policy makers appreciate the fact that foreign banks play an important role in the U.S. financial system, but many lack a precise understanding of the size, composition, and impact of the foreign banking sector. In large measure, that...

After two decades of extreme turbulence in banking and financial markets around the world, it is reasonable to ask about the current status of banking regulation and supervision. Our unique starting point for answering that question comes from the fact that 20 years ago we developed the first...

Because there was a 25 percent reduction in the number of banks between 1980 and 1993, the popular impression has been one of a quot;shrinkingquot; banking industry. Daniel Nolle challenges this view by dissecting the complexity of banking consolidation, particularly given the radical structural...

The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 is the keystone policy response directed at reforming U.S. financial system activities and oversight in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The United States also has financial system reform policy commitments in the international arena, including in particular...

Recent changes in the nature of banking and costly banking crises in countries around the world have focused attention on the adequacy of bank regulation and supervision. Policy makers have struggled with questions about the most appropriate regulatory regime to adopt, and the supervisory...

This paper compares key characteristics of banking systems across countries. A basic premise underlying our review is that the increasing globalization of banking and finance mandate a broad, cross-country perspective on banking issues. Indeed, cross-country comparisons can add insight into...

Financial system policymakers around the world continue to respond vigorously to the problems in financial markets, financial institutions, and financial system regulation and supervision brought into high relief by the global financial crisis. However, the overall understanding of what those...

Many financial and economic professionals are under-appreciative (and some, possibly, unaware) of what is stated in the second part of this paper's title: the biggest players in "fixing" the global financial system are the Group of Twenty (G20) largest and most powerful economic and financial...