This section of the journal indicates a few and briefly commented references that a non-expert reader may want to cover to obtain a first informed and broad view of the theme discussed in the current issue. These references are meant to possibly provide an extensive, though not exhaustive, insight into the main issues of the […]
Institutions
The realization of a European Banking Union accomplishes a twofold task: first of all, it is an essential step towards the completion of the European and Monetary Union Project, and then, it is the response to the disruption of the 2007-2008 financial crises. The Banking Union currently applies to all the 28 Member States, covering […]
Numbers
Multinational Banking Figure 1 Source: ECB, Structural Financial Indicators. Total branches in destination countries are defined as the sum of branches of domestic banks, branches of banks from other EU member states, and branches of banks from all areas other than the EU. Figure 2 Source: ECB, Structural Financial Indicators. Total foreign branches in destination […]
A Bird Eye (Re)View of Key Readings
This section of the journal indicates a few and briefly commented references that a nonexpert reader may want to cover to obtain a first informed and broad view of the theme discussed in the current issue. These references are meant to possibly provide an extensive, though not exhaustive, insight into the main issues of the […]
Institutions
To provide SMEs with an adequate credit flow and access to finance, especially during the recent economic crises, European and national legislators intervened in different ways, with direct financing measures, (public or private) credit guarantees, fostering securitisation of SMEs loans, and adjustments on capital requirements related to SMEs loans.