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Vunjak, Nenad, Miloš Dragosavac, Jelena Vitomir, and Petra Stojanović. "Central and South – Eastern Europe Banking Sectors in the Sustainable Development Function." ECONOMICS 8, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 51–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2020-0009.
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AbstractChanges in banking sectors with the onset of the global financial crisis were related to: globalization, sector deregulation, technological change and financial innovation. Structural changes within banking services (at the end of the 20th century) relate to: the consolidation of banks, the merging of banking and non-banking financial institutions and their competition with one another. Significant place in the part of sustainable development belongs to bank performance, vision and mission of banks. The corporate vision of banks should be the “framework” for the future development of a bank. The corporate mission should be a “roadmap” to the realization of the bank’s vision and an expression of the business philosophy of the bank in question.It is of particular importance for the banking sectors of the CEE countries to define: the vision, the mission, the situational analysis and the planned long-term goals of the bank. With the advent of the global financial crisis, the financial activity of banks in the Central and Southeastern European region decreased, as the number of attractive fusion and acquisition banks in the region concerned was reduced.The aim of the research is to determine the importance of the vision, mission and clearly set goals in banks, where the analysis of banking sectors in 13 countries over a period of 11 years was carried out. The analysis of GDP and its growth in the period from 2008 to 2018 indicates a dynamic growth in the countries of Central Europe and some countries of Southeast Europe. The analysis of the assets of the banking sector and its share in GDP indicates the dominant participation of the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe that are members of the European Union relative to the candidate countries for EU member states. Analysis of the banking sector of the influx countries shows that more than 70% of the banking market in Southeast European countries is influenced by foreign highly developed banking groups. Sustainable development can only be achieved through the active joint action of the banking sectors of the Central and Southeast European countries.
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Doran, Nicoleta Mihaela, Roxana Maria Bădîrcea, and Alina Georgiana Manta. "Digitization and Financial Performance of Banking Sectors Facing COVID-19 Challenges in Central and Eastern European Countries." Electronics 11, no. 21 (October 26, 2022): 3483. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics11213483.
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The COVID-19 pandemic deeply impacted not only human wealth but also all segments of the economy as well as the field of technology. Thus, the purpose of this paper was to analyze the effects that the pandemic crisis and digitization have had on the financial performance of banks in Central and Eastern European Union countries (CEEC) during the 2010–2021 period. In order to capture an overview of the financial performance of the banking systems in the 10 CEECs, we used three variables—ROA, ROE and NPL—as reference indicators. In order to highlight the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of banking systems, we used the number of reported cases as a variable, and to highlight the impact of digitization, we used as indicators the number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults, number of certificates of secure internet servers, number of credit cards, number of debit cards, percentage of individuals using internet banking, and the number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults. Thus, the impact of digitization and the pandemic crisis generated by the COVID-19 virus on the performance of the banking systems in the 10 CEECs is outlined through three regression models using the robust regression model. The obtained results show that, as the infection rates with COVID-19 increased, the performance of banks measured by ROE and ROA decreased. Regarding the impact of digitization on performance, we note that an increase in the use of internet banking and the security of bank servers generated positive effects on the performance of banks. The results of the study are useful for banking product development departments, who should consider the important role of digitization in increasing the performance of banking services and thus design new digital products or ways to expand existing ones on a larger scale.
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Zielińska, Klaudia. "Unknown Future of the Banking Union’s Third Pillar." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego 19(34), no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 172–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/prs.2019.19.1.16.
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The aim of the article is to evaluate the process of building the third pillar of the banking union. The analysis of the problem required both subject literature studies and descriptive statistics. Time scope of the analysis covers the years 2012 until 2017. The relevant data used came from the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority. The results of the study suggest that the creation of a European Deposit Guarantee Scheme is inevitable for further financial integration in the Eurozone but more detailed conditions need to be added to its implementation plan in order to have the scheme established. This stems from both the bad financial standing of some of the euro area banks and their dependency on the sovereign debt of their home and host countries. Studies also indicate low operational readiness of the national schemes, so a transition from re-insurance onto co-insurance phase will require increased efforts of both the Member States and the banks themselves.
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Jemović, Mirjana, and Borko Krstić. "Comparative Analysis of Financial Stability Policy of The National Bank of Serbia and The European Central Bank." Economic Themes 53, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 142–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0009.
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AbstractThe Republic of Serbia has successfully completed the first part in the European Union integration process, being granted candidate status for membership in the European Union (EU). The stage of accession negotiations is in progress, and it includes the full harmonization with the EU acquis, whereby the analytical review of legislation, the so-called screening is being carried out in 35 chapters. The global financial crisis that affected our country in 2008 has required a timely reaction of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) in order to preserve the financial system stability, especially the banking sector as its most important segment. As the financial services sector adjusts within chapter 9, the aim of this paper is to assess the level of compliance of national legislation with the EU legislation regarding banking sector. Along with the regulatory initiatives in the field of preserving financial stability in the EU countries, the NBS has paid great attention to the harmonization of its financial stability policy with the financial stability policy of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).
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Gutiérrez-López, Cristina, and Julio Abad-González. "Sustainability in the Banking Sector: A Predictive Model for the European Banking Union in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis." Sustainability 12, no. 6 (March 24, 2020): 2566. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062566.
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Given the central role of banks in financial stability and the recent impact of their insufficient capitalization, this article focuses on finding determinants of their solvency through financial variables. The study considers the European Banking Union framework and the results of the latter stress test exercises, using a panel of the 45 banks based in 15 European countries that were stress tested in 2014, 2016 and 2018. This paper models bank soundness proxied by the stressed tier capital 1 ratio by means of financial indicators representing a CAMELS (Capital, Assets quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity and Sensitivity to market risk) approach as well as global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs) additional requirements. The model also specifies a dummy covariate referred to the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports, adopting a comprehensive sustainability scheme. The research period starts with the European Banking Union and includes the three exercises conducted since then. We find that financial sustainability is positively correlated with higher capitalization, earnings and liquid assets, while poor quality assets (high non-performing loans) and inefficiency impact negatively on bank soundness. Moreover, it considers the year-scenario interaction either as a fixed or a random effect. The results support capital and liquidity regulation and highlight factors that reinforce banking soundness. They also reveal a positive connection between CSR and banking solvency.
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Skenderi, Sibora. "Central Bank Digital Currencies: To issue, or not to issue, that is the question- Legal and Economic Implications in the EU and, the Albanian Perspective." European Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Research 10, no. 8 (August 15, 2022): 56–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/ejaafr.2013/vol10n85677.
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This research paper aims to serve as an added value to enrich the literature regarding the Central Banks Digital Currency and all its possible implications impacting the financial system. Our focus is on analysing CBDC from different perspectives, by analysing the motivations and concerns that lead countries with different economic conditions to introduce for their public this innovation as well as, to analyse the implications it poses due to significant fields of banking sector at whole, in terms of commercial banks, monetary policy of central bank or all the spikes that may happen in financial stability. The imminent allocation of crypto currencies has been the catalyst which has prompted Central Banks of various countries in Europe and beyond, to launch complex studies focusing on the implementation of macroeconomic policies in the context of digital currency issued by Central Banks. In prima facie overview, this process will be accompanied by various challenges, ascertained these challenges in the economic field but also in the legal one. This research paper, inter alia, aims to analyse the legal regulatory framework at the level of the European Union, taking into account the potential implications, material and procedural difficulties as well as, the economic effects that may derive from the issuance of digital currency issued by Central Banks. Along with analysation of EU legal framework in this research paper shall be analysed also the perspective of the Republic of Albania, as a candidate country for membership in the European Union which has the obligation to harmonize legislation with the aquis communiter.
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Ćurić, Predrag, Rodoljub Topić, and Bojana Vilendečić. "Banking Sector of the Republic of Serbian in Terms of Transition." ECONOMICS 4, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 45–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eoik-2015-0028.
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Summary Privatisation of the banking sector is an inseparable part of development strategies used by the countries in transition. The process of transition and building a financial and market-oriented system is a complex and long-term task which, in addition to a variety of legal arrangements, involves also several institutional options, such as the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska and Banja Luka Stock Exchange of Securities. The transition process of the banking sector in the Republic of Srpska was not implemented by rehabilitation of existing domestic banks, but by opening the banking system for the entry of foreign, more efficient banks. The level of trust in the banking sector grew in parallel with the process of bank privatisation and the arrival of foreign banks. Throughout the previous period, all the banks in the Republic of Srpska recorded a significant increase in the amount of deposits and loans placed, which implies the growth of investment and economic activities, therefore indicating the increase of the Republic of Srpska’s GDP in general. These are positive trends that demonstrate a decrease in the current lagging behind the European Union.
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Silva, Célia Taborda. "Protests in Europe in Times of Crisis -The Case of Greece, Ireland and Portugal." European Journal of Social Sciences 5, no. 2 (October 1, 2022): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eujss-2022-0019.
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Abstract The year 2008 was marked by a financial crisis that started in the United States but quickly spread to the rest of the world. Subprime-related, this crisis was linked to property speculation, leveraged by the banking sector. This crisis quickly spread to Europe due to exposure of European economies to international markets. To avoid economic collapse the States decided to intervene in the banking sector, nationalizing some banks and injecting capital in others. Some European countries not to enter bankruptcy had to ask for external financial support between 2010-11, was the case of Greece, Ireland and Portugal. The aid granted by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund) to European countries referenced advocated a drastic austerity plan. Faced with such a scenario of crisis, austerity, unemployment and precariousness, Europeans came to the streets to demonstrate their discontent with the crisis but also with politicians and policies implemented to solve the economic problems. Throughout Europe there were large protests, especially in the countries that received international aid. From a corpus taken from newspapers and from a theoretical framework of social movements we intend to verify if there was a direct relationship between crisis and contestation in the three countries that had external aid and if this crisis returned the centrality to materials on European social movements.
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David, Delia, Shailendra Kumar Rai, and Luminita Paiusan. "Appreciation of the Swiss Franc and its Impact on Romania and other Central and Eastern European Countries." Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series 25, no. 4 (November 1, 2015): 11–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sues-2015-0024.
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Abstract The decision of the Swiss National Bank of giving up the fixed rate of 1,2 Euro/CHF on the 15th of January 2015, a rate established at its admission to the Monetary Economic Union, had consequences on Central and Eastern European countries because a great part of the credits granted were in Swiss francs. In all these countries, the national currencies depreciated and the financial market rates were reduced. Regional banks started to face difficulties regarding the management of the situation and were under the necessity of finding solutions to avoid the risk of not recovering the granted credits. The issue of the Swiss franc appreciation was treated differently by the analysed countries and took into consideration the particularities characteristic to the credits granted in this currency. The present paper aims at emphasising the impact of the Swiss franc appreciation on the Romanian banking system but also the approach of other countries in Central and Eastern Europe in this respect.
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Ershov, Vitalii F. "EUROPEAN UNION FINANCIAL POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY. EXPERIENCE AND PROSPECTS." RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. Series Eurasian studies. History. Political science. International relations, no. 3 (2020): 10–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2686-7648-2020-3-10-28.
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The paper deals with the formation of a modern style of financial relations between the European Union and post-Soviet states. The author explores the objectives and features of the implementation of two main components of the European financial policy in the post-Soviet space: investment in the development and commercial activities of private capital. The EU financial policy in the post-Soviet states advances in the context of pan-European humanitarian, geopolitical and energy concepts established at the beginning of the 21st century. Despite certain differences that exist in the approaches of the European Union to dialogue with groups of countries within the frameworks of the Eastern Partnership and the EU Strategy for Central Asia, a common line is seen here on investments in promoting the education, European values, legal standards of banking. At the same time, in relations between Europe and the post-Soviet countries there is a tendency towards the adoption of the principles of financial pragmatism and a desire for long-term investment ties. The expanding role of the European banks and investment companies in economic life in the post-Soviet space is in direct connection with the realization of the modernization potential in post-Soviet states.
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Prokopowicz, Dariusz. "THE PROCESSES OF CONSOLIDATION AND CONCENTRATION OF CAPITALAS IMPORTANT DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION PROCESSES AFFECTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BANKING SYSTEM IN POLAND." International Journal of Legal Studies ( IJOLS ) 4, no. 2 (December 30, 2018): 217–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.0017.
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The systemic transformation and socio-economic, which was initiated in Poland since 1989, are related with the intensified globalization processes that take place in various economic and social spheres of economy, including banking. Financial institutions as well as commercial banks are the entities which are not only subjects to theglobalization processes, they co-create these processes. The key attributes of globalization include deregulation processes, digitalization and internationalization, ie. global determinants, which were correlated with the adaptation of the financial system functioning in Poland to the European Union standards. To adjust internal procedures, product offerings and techniques of ICT operating in Poland banking to EU standards one has to consider the processes of consolidation and concentration of capital. These processes are applied in the commercial dimension of the financial system, including the banking sector since the mid-90s. Financial systemthat currently exists in Poland and includes the banking sector is among the best adapted to the EU standards. It is simultaneously one of the most globalized sectors of the economy. The key date for this issue concerns the year 2004, when Poland entered the European Union market structures. Currently, it is assumed that the process of globalization of financial markets and the banking system in Poland, apart from the consolidation processes and adjustments has been determined by such factors as administrative and supervisory goals of the central banking and supervisory bodies in the financial system and adjusting banking norms of law to the standards of Western highly developed countries.
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Tang, Donny. "The Determinants Of European Union (EU) Foreign Direct Investments In The EU Countries From Central And Eastern Europe During 1994–2012." Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 20, no. 1 (March 9, 2017): 75–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cer-2017-0005.
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This study examines whether the CEECs’ financial market development can explain the EU FDI in the CEECs during 1994–2012. The higher bank credit flows had a positive effect on the FDI in 2005–2012. This can be attributed to the major banking sector reforms undertaken before the CEECs’ EU accession. Second, the stock market size had a positive effect in 1997–2004. This is due to the fact that the EU membership announcement facilitated deeper stock market integration. Third, the higher country income, in interaction with a higher bank credit flow, had only a small positive effect in 2005–2012. The higher income CEECs have pursued much deeper bank liberalization through large-scale privatization of state-owned banks. Finally, the higher country income, in interaction with a larger stock market size, had a negative effect in 2005–2012. A possible reason for this is that the EU countries have started to divert their new FDI to the non-EU countries.
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Bobrov, A. "Transformation of the EU Monetary Policy in an Age of Financial Instability." World Economy and International Relations 66, no. 2 (2022): 33–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2022-66-2-33-41.
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Challenges the European economy began to face 12 years ago raised the question about actions European Central Bank (ECB) have to undertake to maintain the financial sustainability, considering its objective to ensure price stability while coping with a changed economic environment. Provision that the ECB is obliged to take efforts to ensure financial stability as well as potentially serious consequences of crisis’ impact on the banking system and industrial production, led to an expansion of its role beyond standard monetary policy measures, with the unconventional steps being taken in addition to conventional to combat the adverse impact of the financial crisis. While reducing the interest rate, ECB also provided a cheap financial capital for banks via fixed-rate “Long Term Refinancing Operations” (LTROs), and three “Covered Bond Purchase Programmes” (CBPP). Purchases of debt securities were also conducted via “Securities Market Programme” (SMP) and, later, with then ECB’s President Mario Draghi declaring that ECB will do “whatever it takes to preserve the euro”, possibility of their increase was announced with the start of “Outright Monetary Transactions” (OMT) Programme. A mere announcement of the OMT was enough to calm financial markets, as none of the eurozone countries applied for financial support within this programme’s framework. Then ECB proceeded with a full-fledged quantitative easing, starting to buy sovereign bonds under its Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP), having spent 2.6 trillion € on its implementation. Understanding that a monetary union without an efficient banking union is unacceptably dangerous, the European Banking Union, under which supervision of largest eurozone banks has transferred directly to the ECB, was progressively established. While ECB’s anti-crisis policies achieved their goals, prolongation of the strategy it adopted may create new risks for the financial stability of the euro area, such as excessive dependence of credit institutions on monetary support and excessive inflationary risks under a zero interest-rate policy. Still, EU institutions’ coordinated financial management played an important role in overcoming the existing turbulence, with fiscal and monetary policy measures reinforcing each other.
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Carbó-Valverde, Santiago, Harald A. Benink, Tom Berglund, and Clas Wihlborg. "Regulatory response to the financial crisis in Europe: recent developments (2010-2013)." Journal of Financial Economic Policy 7, no. 1 (April 7, 2015): 29–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfep-11-2014-0071.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper by the European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ESFRC) is to provide an account of the financial crisis in Europe during the period 2010-2013 and an analysis of how the relevant authorities reacted to the crisis. Design/methodology/approach – These actions included measures taken by central banks, governments or fiscal authorities, and by regulatory or supervisory bodies. In a previous study covering the regulatory developments during the financial crisis up until 2009, issues such as the implementation of Basel III rules in Europe and the (mostly ad hoc and unilateral) resolution mechanisms set in most European countries to fight the crisis were covered. This study focuses on developments since 2010 with a focus on the concerns and actions that emerged with the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area. In particular, the transition from the European Financial Stability Facility to the European Stability Mechanism is assessed. The focus after 2012 has progressively turned to the challenges of the European banking union. Findings – These issues are jointly covered, along with some updates on the views of the ESFRC on recent advances in other areas, such as solvency regulation. All in all, the authors find that the weaknesses of the global financial system remain to be addressed, and they believe that the banking union is one of the main tools and opportunities for an improved and efficient crisis management in Europe. Originality/value – The paper aims at contributing to the study of financial regulation after the banking crisis. The experience of the euro zone in this context is assessed in this article from a wide range of perspectives.
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И. Е., Шапиро,, and Пасечник, Д. Е. "IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT OF BANKING SYSTEM OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION." Vestnik of Rostov state University (RINH), no. 2(78) (November 23, 2022): 230–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.54220/v.rsue.1991-0533.2022.78.2.031.
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В сложившейся мировой обстановке Россия находится в состоянии кризиса и переживает не самые светлые дни своей истории. В совокупности политическое и экономическое давление США и стран Евросоюза, выраженное санкциями, оказывает сильное влияние на банковскую систему нашей страны, которая представлена двумя уровнями: Центральным Банком Российской Федерации, коммерческими банками и иными кредитными организациями. Под негативное влияние иностранных ограничительных мер попали довольно крупные коммерческие банки, которые вели свою деятельность за пределами России и имели активы в других странах. Под санкционные ограничения в большей или меньше степени попали 14 банков, на которые приходится более 80 % банковских активов России. Самые крупные из них: Сбербанк, ВТБ, Промсвязьбанк, Россельхозбанк, Газпромбанк, Альфа-Банк и др. Эти крупнейшие банки оказались в условиях нестабильности и неопределенности. В связи с этим необходимо найти такой путь регулирования, который позволит сформировать устойчивую банковскую систему, способную пережить данный кризис с минимальными потерями и при этом развиваться несмотря на давление стран, которые сейчас считаются недружественными. В данный момент основной концепцией развития является безопасность банковского сектора России. В наше время, банковская система РФ развивается не как ведущая, а как ведомая и обслуживающая сфера экономики, в то время как должна быть одной из ведущих. В статье освещены понятия санкций, ключевой ставки процента, безопасности, экономики, устойчивости, концепции развития; рассмотрены последствия, которые могут иметь место после отключения России от международной межбанковской системы передачи информации и совершения платежей SWIFT. Также выявлены и описаны причины введения столь массовых пакетов ограничительных мер против России, их направленность и последствия их воздействия на банковский сектор страны. Приведены примеры действий ЦБ РФ по смягчению последствий, которые несли меры Запада по противодействию политике России. Приведены пути совершенствования российской экономики и банковской отрасли и предложены варианты дальнейшего развития банковской системы России в условиях санкционного давления недружественных государств. In current global environment, Russia is in state of crisis and is experiencing not brightest days of its history. Together, political and economic pressure from United States and European Union countries, expressed in sanctions, has a strong impact on our country's banking system, which is represented by two levels: Central Bank of Russian Federation, commercial banks and other credit institutions. Quite large commercial banks that conducted their activities outside of Russia and had assets in other countries have fallen under negative impact of foreign restrictive measures. Fourteen banks that accounted for more than 80 % of Russia's banking assets fell under the sanctions to a greater or lesser extent. Largest of these: Sberbank, VTB, Promsvyazbank, Rosselkhozbank, Gazprombank, Alfa Bank and others. These largest banks found themselves in environment of instability and uncertainty. In this connection, it is necessary to find a way of regulation that would allow formation of stable banking system capable of surviving this crisis with minimal losses, while developing despite pressure from countries that are now considered unfriendly. At the moment, the main concept of development is security of Russian banking sector. Nowadays, banking system of Russian Federation develops not as leading, but as slave and serving sphere of economy, while it should be one of leading. Article highlights the concepts of sanctions, key interest rate, security, economy, sustainability, development concept; considers the consequences that may occur after Russia is disconnected from international interbank information and payment system SWIFT. Reasons for introducing such mass packages of restrictive measures against Russia, their focus and consequences of their impact on country's banking sector are also identified and described. Examples are given of Central Bank's actions to mitigate the consequences of Western measures against Russia's policy. Ways to improve the Russian economy and banking sector are given and options for further development of Russian banking system under sanctions pressure from unfriendly states are proposed.
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PELZMAN, JOSEPH. "THE SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF THE RE-IMPOSED UNITED STATES SANCTIONS ON IRAN ON MENA, THE PRC, RUSSIA, AND TURKEY." Global Economy Journal 20, no. 01 (March 2020): 2050003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2194565920500037.
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Iran has faced US sanctions in one form or another since its invasion of the US Embassy in Iran in 1979. The 2007-08 period marked the initiation of heightened international sanctions on Iran imposed by the UN Security Council in reaction to Iran’s nuclear program. These sanctions were tightened in 2010, when the UN Security Council, the US Congress, and the European Union all implemented separate sets of sanctions targeting either the Iranian nuclear program or the energy and banking sectors. Under the Obama Administration the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) was signed in late 2013 and within months the United States and the EU took steps to waive specific sanctions. In 2015 the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed, which lifted nuclear-related sanctions by the UN, EU and US. The Trump Administration on May 8, 2018 announced the US withdrawal from the JCPOA and directed federal agencies to begin to take steps to re-impose the sanctions established under U.S. law that were lifted or waived in order for the United States to meet its commitments in the JCPOA. On November 5, 2018, all pre-JCPOA - U.S. sanctions on foreign firms that conduct transactions in all of Iran’s core economic sectors, including energy, banking, shipping, and manufacturing, went back into effect. These include sanctions on “petroleum-related transactions” and transactions by foreign banks with Iran’s Central Bank. In addition,700 Iranian and third country entities have again been designated by the United States as sanctioned entities, meaning that foreign firms that transact business with these entities could face virtual exclusion from the U.S. economy. With the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, in 2018, the US finds itself as a lone player in a world where the EU, the PRC, Russia and a group of MENA countries have no intentions to comply with these re-imposed sanctions. The purpose of this paper, consequently, is to assess the spillover effects which can be expected to result from the US re-imposition of Iran sanctions on relevant MENA countries, the PRC, Russia and Turkey.
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Majewska-Jurczyk, Barbara. "European Banking Union – an institutional analysis." Central European Review of Economics and Management 5, no. 1 (December 17, 2020): 59–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.29015/cerem.896.
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Aim: The Banking Union is an important step towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union. The strengthening of the European banking system has become a topic of debate since the 2008 crisis when it became clear that stability and security of the system security may require increased supervision over operations conducted. The Banking Union was created to avoid the situation that taxpayers are first in line to pay for bailing out ailing banks. The Banking Union consists of three pillars: 1) the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which centralizes supervision of European banks around the European Central Bank, 2) the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), which the main purpose is to ensure the efficient resolution for recapitalization failing banks, and 3) the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS), which is still unfinished. The creation of the Banking Union is accompanied by a remarkable transfer of sovereignty to the European level. This article aims to provide an overview of the changes unfolding across the Banking Union from a law and economics perspective and to explain the role of the European Central Bank in supervision over the banking system, which is different from the policy of controlling prices through determining the level of interest rates and keeping inflation under control.
Design/Research methods: The analysis of the functioning Banking Union is based on the review of literature and analysis of reports and legal acts.
Findings: The Banking Union supports financial integration in the EU by implementing a common set of rules and a common supervisory and resolution mechanism. The creation of the Deposit Insurance Scheme is likely to contribute to the protection of banks and consumers in case of a potential future crisis. The author argues that the European Central Bank as a supervisor of the financial market should create a second supervisory body, which would significantly strengthen the system and allow the ECB more efficiently fulfill its task as chief supervisor.
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Kolia, Dimitra Loukia, and Simeon Papadopoulos. "Integration in banking efficiency: a comparative analysis of the European Union, the Eurozone, and the United States banks." Journal of Capital Markets Studies 6, no. 1 (November 30, 2021): 48–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcms-08-2021-0026.
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PurposeThis paper investigates the development of efficiency and the progress of banking integration in the European Union by checking for convergence among banks of European and Eurozone countries as well as contrasting the results with those of United States banks.Design/methodology/approachInitially, we employ the two-stage semi-parametric double bootstrap DEA method, which absorbs the effects of possible integration barriers in the measurement of efficiency. Afterwards, we apply a panel data model, in order to investigate the process of banking integration by testing for convergence and for convergent clusters in banking efficiency.FindingsOur main findings show that the bank efficiency of the US is considerably higher than that of the Eurozone and the European Union. Although there is no evidence of convergence across the banking groups, our results indicate the presence of club convergence. We also conclude that the US banking system is closer to convergence than the Eurozone and the European Union banks. Nevertheless, this outcome is subject to change in the future due to the fact that Eurozone and European Union banks' speed of convergence is higher than that of US banks.Originality/valueOur survey is unique in trying to check for convergence while controlling for country-specific and bank-specific factors that affect the efficiency of European and Eurozone banks. Moreover, recent literature does not compare the convergence of efficiency of Eurozone, European and US banking. Finally, in our paper special consideration was given to the comparison of commercial, cooperative and savings banks, as subsets of our banking groups.
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Tsyganov, Alexander A., and Sergey V. Maslennikov. "INSURANCE REGULATION PECULIARITIES IN THE BANK INSURANCE PRACTICE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION." Banking law 6 (December 10, 2020): 44–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.18572/1812-3945-2020-6-44-57.
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In the Russian Federation, bancassurance has already become a relatively common type of interactions between banks and their customers in selling insurance, with banks being the main channels for distributing insurance services in exchange for commission. Borrowers are known to be the weaker side of a contract, which leads to banks impose insurance services and commission, which the banks may capitalize on. This indicates a significant issue for the local antitrust and banking regulations. The article describes the expertise in managing these activities in the member countries of the European Union and provides recommendations for a possible legal regulation of insurance and banking activities in Russia.
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Gallizo, José Luis, Jordi Moreno, and Manuel Salvador. "EUROPEAN BANKING INTEGRATION: IS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AFFECTING BANKING EFFICIENCY?" Journal of Business Economics and Management 16, no. 2 (December 16, 2014): 340–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2013.769023.
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The aim of this study is to analyze how European integration and, especially, changes in ownership, has affected banking efficiency in Central and Eastern European countries which have recently experimented this process more intensely. Using a stochastic frontier approach, applied to panel data, we have estimated bank efficiency levels in a sample of 189 banks from 12 countries during the period 2000 to 2008 and we have analyzed the influence of some bank characteristics on these efficiency levels. The results show that European integration has significantly improved the cost efficiency of banks in these countries, but profit efficiency has significantly decreased. We have found very small differences between different ownership types and only a very small impact of foreign ownership on cost efficiency, showing that the entry of foreign ownership is not enough to explain the significant variations in banking efficiency after the accession.
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Mol-Gómez-Vázquez, Ana, Ginés Hernández-Cánovas, and Johanna Koëter-Kant. "Do foreign banks intensify borrower discouragement? The role of developed European institutions in ameliorating SME financing constraints." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 38, no. 1 (August 3, 2019): 3–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242619868231.
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The growing activity of foreign banks in most European countries may increase financing constraints by intensifying the problem of borrower discouragement. We provide new evidence of this association by analysing a sample of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in 25 developed and developing European countries. We find that financing constraints increase with foreign banks for those SMEs operating in countries where the share of banking assets owned by foreign banks is above 34%. Our results also show that borrower discouragement may decrease, or increase less, with the presence of foreign banks for SMEs operating in countries with high income, with cheap debt enforcement mechanisms, or having a private bureau that provides credit information about firms and individuals. These results suggest that unification towards better institutions needs to occur in Europe before the banking union progresses to a more open banking system.
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Šunjka, Tomislav. "European system of central banks and the European central bank." Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine 71, no. 12 (1999): 82–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/gakv9903082q.
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Yugoslavia is being late with forming of European Union law experts. As we arc not the leading country in the international business relationships, we aproach to new rules of EU by empirical way. I believe that young lawyers should be tought that this branch of law already exists, that it lives by it's own life, that it depends upon movements of European business, that the contents of those rules is being made at European level and that other countries are unable to avoid their aplication with their boundaries and interpretations, because every boundary of such kind presents selfdisconection from taking part in European business trade. It is certain that some business subjects and national countries can impact on creation and changing of existing standards, but they also have to respect standards that are in use. It is the condition for taking a part in European business trade cooperation and to that condition a special attention must be payed in our country, which is being emphasized every day by our law and business practise as unavoidable need of our business development.
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Perkins, Andrew James. "The Legal and Economic Questions posed by the German Constitutional Court’s decision in the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) Case." ATHENS JOURNAL OF LAW 7, no. 3 (July 1, 2021): 399–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajl.7-3-7.
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This paper seeks to explore the PSPP decision of the German Constitutional Court and its effect on the monetary policy decisions taken by central banks. It begins by exploring the decision and its effect in Germany, together with its wider implications for the European Monetary Union before moving onto consider the standard of review that should be applied by the Courts when they are required to review central banks actions. Conclusions are reached to show that any standard of review should be limited because of the unique economic and political circumstances in which central bank decision making takes place. Keywords: Central Banking; Judicial Review; Proportionality; European Law; European Monetary Union.
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Kozak, Sylwester. "Are Larger Banks More Efficient in the Central Eastern European Countries?" Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia 54, no. 2 (June 29, 2020): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/h.2020.54.2.31-40.
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<p>Theoretical background: The relationship between the size of banks and their efficiency has become an important subject for academics and policy makers in the recent decades. However, the outcomes of these studies are relatively divergent concerning the direction of this dependence.</p><p>Purpose of the article: The goal of this study is to assess how the size of banks affects their efficiency in the CEE countries in the years 2005–2017. Additionally, the relationship between the market concentration and banks efficiency is checked.</p><p>Research methods: The research covers 108 banks operating in eleven CEE countries. The efficiency scores are achieved through the SFA method and regressed with the individual bank characteristics and macroeconomic and sectoral variables.</p><p>Main findings: The results show that growing bank’s size and market share positively affect its efficiency. Additionally, higher concentration of the banking market has a similar effect. Higher inflation and GDP per capita decrease bank profit efficiency which can indicate that banks achieve the highest efficiency gains in less prosperous countries, however, in the low inflation environment. Additionally, banks’ efficiency is boosted with the growing development of the banking sector and increasing lending to the economy. Fast-growing banks tend to be more efficient, probably due to the positive effect of the fiancial leverage on profits.</p>
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Dietz, Sara Elisa. "The ECB as Lender of Last Resort in the Eurozone? An analysis of an optimal institutional design of Emergency Liquidity Assistance competence within the context of the Banking Union." Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 26, no. 5 (October 2019): 628–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1023263x19855628.
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The latest financial crises in Europe and the United States have reminded us of the importance of the role of central banks as Lender of Last Resort. This article examines the current legal framework in the European Union with regard to the allocation of Lender of Last Resort competence, which until now has been exercised by the national central banks in the Eurozone. The new Emergency Liquidity Assistance Agreement 2017 sustains this institutional design, leaves the Emergency Liquidity Assistance competence with the national central banks and specifies the cooperation between the European Central Bank and the national central banks with regard to the veto-option of the European Central Bank to national Emergency Liquidity Assistance operations. Against this background, the paper discusses whether the current legal competence structure of the European and Monetary Union would also allow for more authority of the European Central Bank with regard to Emergency Liquidity Assistance powers. The paper concludes there is a sufficient legal basis in the monetary policy and financial stability mandate of the European Central Bank to allow it to grant Emergency Liquidity Assistance at least with regard to ‘significant’ banks, as defined under the current European Banking Supervision regime.
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Carretta, Alessandro, Vincenzo Farina, and Paola Schwizer. "Risk culture and banking supervision." Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 25, no. 2 (May 8, 2017): 209–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfrc-03-2016-0019.
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Purpose This paper aims to analyzing the main risk culture traits of a sample of Central Banks and Supervisory Authorities in Europe as well as of the European Central Bank (ECB). Design/methodology/approach Risk culture is measured through text data processing of the official discourses made by the head Supervisory Authorities, during the years from 1999 to 2012. Findings Results highlight heterogeneous but converging risk cultures for European Union (EU) supervisors and the presence of a “distance” between these cultures and the risk culture of the ECB. Originality/value The paper points out that cultural differences, especially in presence of credit markets still characterized by poor integration, could create unwanted distortion effects during the initial stages of the Banking Union.
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Anarfi, Daniel, and Danuše Nerudová. "Profit Shifting and the Tax Response of Multinational Banks in Eastern Europe." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 66, no. 3 (2018): 729–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201866030729.
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The aim of the paper is to measure the amount of profit shifting within the banking sector in Eastern European countries. The paper uses firm‑level bank data from the Bankscope database of multinational subsidiary banks operating in Eastern Europe for a period of 10 years (2006-2015). An empirical analysis is performed on the panel data to identify the profit‑shifting activities of these banks. Focusing on the banking sector of Eastern European countries, which are a microcosm of the European Union, substantial evidence of profit shifting is found and confirms that banks have enhanced tax‑planning opportunities similar to firms from different jurisdictions. The paper also seeks to contribute to recommendations on how fair and sustainable taxation and social policy reforms can increase the economic stability of the EU member states.
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Zaleska, Małgorzata. "ACTORS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING SECTOR IN RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW, Polityki Europejskie, Finanse i Marketing, no. 21(70) (June 28, 2019): 234–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/pefim.2019.21.70.19.
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The article presents the main European policy makers implementing the reform of the banking sector in response to the contemporary global financial crisis. The institutional changes are assessed in the paper, including the establishment of the European banking union, modifications in the EU deposit insurance systems and considerable strengthening of the role of central banks, with special focus on the European Central Bank. Moreover, potential sources of another financial crisis are identified and further institutional changes in finance are proposed.
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Ungureanu, Maria Cristina. "Banks: regulation and corporate governance framework." Corporate Ownership and Control 5, no. 2 (2008): 449–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv5i2c4p6.
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The banking sector industry is somewhat unique because it is simultaneously consolidating and diversifying. Banks’ major role in stabilising the financial systems of countries and in spurring their economic growth explains the particularities of their own corporate governance. The specificity of banks, the volatility of financial markets, increased competition and diversification expose banks to risks and challenges. The banking industry is heavily regulated and supervised in every country around the globe. This, in turn, establishes a particular corporate governance system. The paper lays out the specific attributes of banks that influence their regulatory and supervisory environment, which, in turn, creates a unique corporate governance framework for the banking industry. The paper emphasises the benefits and limits of regulations and supervision on banks’ corporate governance and focuses its empirical results on the European Union countries.
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Santillán-Salgado, Roberto. "Banking concentration in the European Union during the last fifteen years." Panoeconomicus 58, no. 2 (2011): 245–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/pan1102245s.
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The increase in the concentration of the banking industry across European Union countries during the last fifteen years can be explained in terms of: a) global factors, like the comprehensive adoption of technological innovations, the intensification of competition that has resulted from the deregulation of the financial sector and, more recently, as a consequence of the government interventions and forced acquisitions prompted by the 2007-2009 financial crisis; and, b) factors that have been specific to the E.U., in particular, the structural changes that took place in the region as a result of the creation of the Single Financial Market (1993) and the introduction of the euro (1999). This work analyzes the concentration process of the banking industry in the E.U. during the last fifteen years giving preeminence to the strategic choices made by the region?s commercial banks. It also reports the most visible E.U. banks? M&As and government interventions that resulted from the 2007-2009 financial crisis, make a preliminary evaluation of the outcomes, and suggests possible future trends for the banking industry in the region.
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Bethlendi, András, and Katalin Mérő. "Changes in the Structure of Financial Intermediation – Eastern-Central European Developments in the Light of Global and European Trends." DANUBE 11, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 283–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/danb-2020-0017.
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Abstract The article analyses the structural changes of the financial intermediary system of Eastern-Central European (ECE) countries, that joined the EU in 2004, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (ECE5) in the light of global and European trends from 2004 to 2016. Its two main focuses are the characteristics of the structural shifts and interconnectedness between banks and financial markets, on the one hand, and the size and specificities of shadow banking systems, on the other. Despite the limited catching up of the region the ECE5 countries has a much less deep and more bank-based financial system than their European counterparts without the emergence of significant market-based banking and shadow banking. However, while in the developed countries the most important shadow banking institutions are the non-money market mutual funds, in ECE5 countries other non-bank financial institutions are those that potentially exposed to shadow banking risk.
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Gibilaro, Lucia, and Gianluca Mattarocci. "Cross-border banking and foreign branch regulation in Europe." Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 29, no. 3 (May 13, 2021): 280–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfrc-08-2020-0072.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the relevance of cross-border activity in the European banking sector, evaluating the role of differences in regulation to explain the level of interest in entering foreign markets. Design/methodology/approach The sample considers all banks in the European Union (EU 28) existing at year-end 2017, and information about the ultimate owners’ nationality to classify local and foreign banks is collected. The analysis provides a mapping of regulatory restrictions for foreign banks and evaluates how they impact the role of foreign players in the deposit and lending markets. Findings Results show that the lower are the capital adequacy requirements, the higher are the amounts of loans and deposits offered by non-European Economic Area banks and, additionally, the higher the probability of having a foreign bank operating in the country. Originality/value This paper provides new evidence on regulatory arbitrage opportunities in the EU and outlines differences among EU countries not previously studied.
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Bassani, Giovanni. "Of Viruses, Economic Crises and Banks: The European Banking Union and the Response to Covid-19." European Business Law Review 32, Issue 3 (June 1, 2021): 437–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eulr2021016.
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This article provides an account of how the Covid-19 outbreak and its impact on the banking sector were tackled in the European Union. The Covid-19 crisis is the first economic crisis after the enactment of the regulatory reforms of the last decade and represents the first relevant test for the assessment of their effectiveness in particular in the Eurozone. The analysis focuses specifically on the new framework for Banking Supervision in the Euroarea, the Single Supervisory Mechanism within the Banking Union, and explains how ECB Banking Supervision reacted to the economic and financial shock generated by the Covid-19 outbreak until the end of 2020. In this context, the article discusses the ECB’s policy interventions within the wider European and international context where also significant initiatives from the central bank side of the ECB, the European Commission, the European Banking Authority, the European Systemic Risk Board, the EU co-legislators and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision took place.1 The Article also analyses the potential limitations of the existing European framework for crisis management, should a further severe shock with new waves of infections and lockdowns require extraordinary policy interventions. The article is divided into 4 sections: section A sets the scene and briefly describes the unprecedented economic shock deriving from the outbreak of the virus followed by the various measures of containment and lockdown. Section B analyses the various policy initiatives taken by ECB Banking Supervision to tackle the crisis within the wider European and international context. Section C discusses the potential use of the European framework for crisis management in the banking sector, should a further severe economic shock with ample repercussions on the banking sector materialise. Section D concludes. European Banking Supervision, Covid-19, microprudential supervision, macroprudential supervision, distribution restrictions, usable capital, crisis management framework, precautionary recapitalisation, non-performing loans, asset management company
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Melnic, Florentina. "The Financial Crisis Response. Comparative Analysis Between European Union And USA." Review of Economic and Business Studies 10, no. 1 (June 27, 2017): 129–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rebs-2017-0051.
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Abstract This paper reviews the measures adopted by central banks from the most important economies during the crisis and assess their effectiveness. It is important for policy makers to identify which measures were effective in limiting the financial system distress in order to adopt the appropiate measure during future crisis. In case of US, TARP was the most important program for banking system and it was effective in reducing banks’ contribution to systemic risk and banks’ default probabilities. But TARP also conducted to a reduction in loans growth and create incentives for higher risk-taking behavior. The unconventional monetary policies adopted by ECB during the period 2008- 2016 reduced the impact of the crisis on the European economy and achieved their objectives: to support banks’ funding and to increase lending to real economy (LTROs), to calm tensions from bond markets (CBPP, SMP, OMT), to support economic activity and to stabilize inflation rate (SMP, OMT, LTROs, APP).
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Prokopowicz, Dariusz. "CONDITIONS FOR INTRODUCING A BANKING TAX IN POLAND." International Journal of Legal Studies ( IJOLS ) 2, no. 2 (December 29, 2017): 135–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.2248.
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This article describes the main determining factors of the implementation of a bank tax in commercial banks that run their activities in Poland. It also considers the importance of legal regulations of the rules for collecting this tax. The global financial crisis of 2008 was an important factor that has stimulated the processes of improving legal regulations concerning banks. Weakening economic situation and higher risk caused the need to improve procedures and banking legal regulations of the financial transactions safety in Poland. Improvement of banking system financial procedures is correlated with gradually progressing globalization but also with anti-crisis socio-economic policy in Poland. Therefore, the level of adaptation of legal procedures and norms regarding commercial banks in Poland to the European Union standards and guidelines of the Basel Committee is continuously improving. One of the specific aspects of these adjustment processes was the introduction of a bank tax, which operates in most European Union countries. The introduction of this tax could be one of the factors determining the sale of subsidiary companies, i.e. banks that are controlled in Poland by foreign financial institutions. Therefore this can be an important factor, which would accelerate the process of repolonization of the banking sector in Poland. The economically effective introduction of a bank tax depends among other things on efficient legislative process.
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Kozak, Sylwester. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Bank Equity and Performance: The Case of Central Eastern South European Countries." Sustainability 13, no. 19 (October 5, 2021): 11036. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131911036.
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The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of the shock increase, in the value of nonperforming loans, on the equity level and profitability of 141 banks in 18 countries of Central Eastern South Europe (CESE). This study is important for assessing the financial stability of banks in this region in the face of the continuing negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the annual data, as of the end of 2020, from the S&P Global database, stress tests were carried out to check what value of NPL growth, over the next year, will lead to breach the regulatory capital requirements in domestic sectors and in individual groups of banks. The results indicate that the banks in CESE were well capitalized and had the ability to maintain capital requirements with a 12% increase in nonperforming loans. The resilience of domestic banking sectors varies, and it is higher in non-EU countries. Smaller and non-public banks show a greater ability to preserve the appropriate level of equity, although there is a risk that they may postpone the time of provisioning credit risk and additionally increase lending to lower the NPL ratio. Larger banks are more profitable in times of crisis. The results of the research are important for assessing the stability of the banking sector in CESE during the crisis and can be used by financial supervision of the region’s countries and banking market analysts.
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Druhov, Oleksiy, Vira Druhova, and Olena Pakhnenko. "THE INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS ON EU COUNTRIES BANKING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT." Marketing and Management of Innovations, no. 3 (2019): 167–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2019.3-13.
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This article summarizes the arguments and counterarguments in the framework of the scientific discussion on determining priority directions of developing banking systems, modern problems and prospects of introduction of financial innovations in the process of development of banking services. Its pace and current trends require a completely scientific basis. Accordingly, the purpose of the study is to determine the impact of modern information technology in the banking systems of the European Union countries and the future prospects for their development. For this purpose, the hypothesis was, first of all, proposed that the level of business activity of the banking activity is related to the level of development of the country's economy and it will determine in the future the development of the banking systems of these countries. An appropriate empirical study was conducted to confirm this hypothesis. The systematization of literary sources and approaches to the solution of this problem has shown that in scientific sources the analysis of the impact of financial innovations on the banking systems of individual European Union countries is mainly carried out. Taking into account the different levels of development of these countries, these studies do not allow us to make conclusions and suggestions as to the future of European banks. Electronic banking, the creation of a large number of fi tech companies, crypto volume, blockade – radically change the classical banking business. These changes are gaining momentum and the future of the banking system is now very ambiguous. Will classical banks be able to function effectively, or will new financial companies come to their place? What should I do to manage the bank to lay the groundwork for its successful operation, in the context of the rapid development of information technology? Who and how will regulate global financial markets? There are no clear answers to these questions. The methodical toolkit of the study was a clustering method, methods of systematization, grouping, comparison, expert evaluations. The study period covers 2015-2018, which shows the most rapid dynamics of changes in the processes of customer service of banks from the offline to the online sphere. In addition, this period of time is characterized by the rapid development of financial innovation, which radically changes the approaches to traditional banking activities. The article presents the results of cluster analysis, the results of which allowed to group the countries of the European Union at different levels of digitalization. As a result, it was found that the most advanced economies and the most developed countries have the highest level of deductibility of banking activity (related to clusters 2 and 1). As a higher level of economic development provides more opportunities for investment, Internet access and better education of the population. In addition, it can be argued that it is the countries from the first group in the near future will or will become leaders in the European market of banking services, and it is on them that they will need to be guided by the orientation of the development of the banking system. The results of empirical analysis, have shown that banking institutions understand the lack of prospects of activities without financial innovation. On the other hand, as the study showed, such activity is characterized by high-risk banks. The issue of safety of up-to-date financial transactions is extremely important for supervisors who can not at the moment agree on what measures to apply and implement in order to minimize the risks of financial transactions. The study empirically confirms and theoretically proves that it is important to understand and justify the basic principles of the future development of banks, to identify and develop measures to minimize the levels of financial risks associated with the implementation of financial innovations, as well as to simply understand and evaluate changes expected by users of banking services during the next 5 to 10 years. The results of the research can be useful for scientists, management of banking and other financial institutions, as well as for users of banking services.
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Nayebyazdi, Arash. "Social capital and banking system profitability: A survey of European Union countries." European Journal of Government and Economics 8, no. 1 (June 24, 2019): 48–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2019.8.1.4575.
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Over the last years, the concept of social capital as a facilitator of economic activities has been a remarkable issue among economists. In this article, we study the impact of social capital on banking performance focusing on profitability in the European Union for period 2008-2016. Social capital indicators are applied in the model are "trust in others" and "fair behavior of others". We expect more profitable banks in societies with higher levels of social capital. According to the type of data, we apply GMM estimator to do more efficient estimations. We use auxiliary variables such as bank asset, capital adequacy, real interest rate, the cost to income ratio as micro variables, GDP and inflation are employed as macros. Our estimations point at a rejection of the main hypothesis. Opportunistic behavior and less social trust result in more profits for European countries. We justify the results in two ways. First, due to the 2008 financial crisis, trust in all institutions has decreased in European countries. The second reason concerns countries with low levels of social capital. The decrease of trust for the banking system is lower than for other institutions. Therefore, that sector may benefit is such circumstances.
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Tang, Donny. "Has European monetary union influenced the European Union bank lending flows to the EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe?" Journal of Financial Economic Policy 11, no. 2 (May 7, 2019): 263–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfep-05-2018-0080.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to modify the gravity model to identify the main determinants of the European Union (EU) bank lending to the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries during 1994-2012. Design/methodology/approach This study uses both two-stage least squares and dynamic generalized method of moments to estimate the modified gravity model. Findings This study finds that the CEE countries with more developed stock markets have received the higher EU bank lending inflows. The EU banks have greater access to additional financing in the stock markets. Second, the higher stock market difference between the CEE and EU countries has boosted the EU bank lending. Compared to the developed EU stock markets, the less developed CEE stock markets have become more favorable to the EU banks seeking to earn higher profits. Research limitations/implications The CEE countries can further boost the EU bank lending inflows through deepening capital liberalization. They should facilitate easy foreign bank entry by reducing excessive bank legislations and regulations. Moreover, they can promote the EU bank lending through substantial EU bank integration. This can accelerate the major bank reform which would facilitate better bank supervision and regulations. Originality/value Most previous studies have primarily used the macroeconomic and institutional factors to explain the EU bank lending. In contrast, this study explores the growing importance of the CEE financial development and bilateral trade in explaining the EU bank lending.
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Judy, Haidar Hamza, and Fazila Boutoura . "Applications of Governance in Banks According to Basel (3) Committee Decisions." Iraqi Administrative Sciences Journal 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2017): 96–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.33013/iqasj.v1n2y2017.pp96-119.
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Increased attention banking governance after the repercussions of the financial and banking crashes of some of the poles of the American and European Banks, and the consequent of a global confidence's crisis in the financial statements of Banks and Companies because of the weakness accounting disclosure and transparency, and many countries rushed to adopt a banking governance. In Algeria, continued in recent years, the works aimed at establishing an integrated framework for banking governance at the level of financial and banking institutions.Basel III is a new gateway to strengtheningbankinggovernance and enabling the central bank to apply the necessaryfoundations for governance in banks, particularlythrough the Pillars of market discipline.
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Dziuba, Dariusz T. "Initiatives to implement and use Crowdfunding Platforms in the Banks of UK, Italy and other European Countries." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 10, no. 2 (March 25, 2022): 07–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2022.1022.
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Purpose of the study: The presented publication separates the market segment of online crowdfunding, which is implemented in banks or used for their needs in European countries.
Methodology: Crowdfunding platforms were identified and the statistics they provide for raising capital in individual banks in European countries. In particular, such implementations were characterized in Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries, including Central and Eastern Europe.
Main Findings: The considerations managed to distinguish the market segment of banking crowdfunding in the analyzed countries. The results of the research also allowed to estimate the size of this segment across the European continent (at least 229 crowdfunding initiatives in banks were identified, generating an amount of over EUR 5.4 billion).
Applications of the study: The considerations relate to several scientific fields, including economics and finance, or business informatics.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The article separates and measures the market segment of banking crowdfunding on the European continent, which limits the research gap in the scientific literature in this area.
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Paduszyńska, Marta, and Magdalena Lesiak. "Analysis of banking sector stability using the taxonomic measure of development." Ekonomia i Prawo 21, no. 4 (December 31, 2022): 741–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/eip.2022.040.
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Motivation: The stability of the financial system means that the entire system performs its key functions properly. It is a prerequisite for sustained economic growth. Maintaining stability of the banking sector is of particular importance for the firmness of the financial system, as it plays a key role in financing the economy, transmission of monetary policy impulses, and monetary settlements. Therefore, in the context of financial security, it is extremely important to analyse the banking stability. Aim: Assessment of the stability of banking sectors of the Central and Eastern European EU Member States and a comparative analysis and classification of the CEE countries in terms of selected indicators characterising the stability of their banking sectors using the model method of linear ordering, i.e. the Hellwig’s method. The analysis will verify the thesis whether banks in countries of lower national income (according to the World Bank’s classification) perform worse in terms of stability than banks in countries of higher national income. To illustrate the situation in the field of banking sector stability more clearly, the authors presented the dynamics of all variables considered from the point of view of the analysis (dynamics were presented for 2015 and 2019 in relation to the base year, which was assumed to be 2011). Results: A multivariate analysis was used in the comparative analysis of banking sectors development in Central and Eastern Europe. For this purpose, the development pattern method was used so that a synthetic indicator of the development of the banking sector with regard to its stability was calculated. Based on the proposed measure of development, a ranking of the Central and Eastern European EU Member States was prepared for 2019. It should be emphasized that the thesis outlined in the article was not empirically confirmed, namely, banks from countries of lower national income (according to the World Bank classification) did not have much worse results than banks from countries of higher national income.
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Barbu, Teodora Cristina, Iustina Alina Boitan, and Sorin Iulian Cioaca. "Macroeconomic Determinants of Shadow Banking – Evidence from EU Countries." Review of Economic and Business Studies 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 111–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rebs-2016-0037.
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AbstractShadow banking is a topical, debated issue on the agenda of national and European macro-prudential regulatory and supervisory authorities. It is generally accepted that shadow banks and the traditional banking system have some core functions in common, such as credit and maturity transformation, and the exposure to similar risks. However, the tight banking regulations and the decreasing trend recorded by interest rates in the post-crisis period create prospects for shadow banking sector growth. Against this background, the present paper aims at investigating the particular impact that shadow banking activity exerts on macroeconomic fundamentals. The analysis covers 15 European Union countries, including Romania, during the period 2008 – 2015, using quarterly data. Shadow banking system is used as a proxy by monetary funds, due to breaks in the series or unbalanced number of observations across selected countries. By employing panel regression, it was found that the shadow banking total assets’ variation is negatively influenced by the GDP growth, short term interest rates, M2/GDP ratio and the ratio of investment funds’ assets in GDP, and positively determined by stock index dynamics and long term interest rates. The findings sustain the literature’s point of view
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Beju, Daniela-Georgeta, Maria-Lenuţa Ciupac-Ulici, and Codruța-Maria Fǎt. "Central Bank Independence and Inflation IN EU-28." Land Forces Academy Review 22, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 253–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/raft-2017-0034.
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Abstract Today, both policymakers and academicians consider that the central bank’s main goal is to guarantee price stability. The central bank can sustain the government’s economic policies, but only without prejudicing this objective. In order to focus on price stability several studies found that central bank should have a high level of independence. This is why during the recent decades the majority of developed countries, but also several emerging economies have employed institutional reforms that conferred their monetary authorities – the central bank – more independence. Within the European Union the central bank independence is a crucial issue, since the Maastricht Treaty stipulates that one requirement for joining Economic and Monetary Union for the candidate member states is to give their central banks a sufficiently high level of independence. This official requirement has encouraged the countries from Centre and East Europe engaged on the way to adhere the Economic and Monetary Union to confer their central bank a great level of independence. In this paper we analyze some important theoretic issues about central bank independence. We also make an empirical investigation regarding the evolution of inflation within European Union relative to the independence of member states’ central banks.
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Crowe, Christopher, and Ellen E. Meade. "The Evolution of Central Bank Governance around the World." Journal of Economic Perspectives 21, no. 4 (November 1, 2007): 69–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.21.4.69.
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The past two decades have seen enormous changes in central banks and their practices. In some countries, older institutions have been fundamentally restructured. In other, such as the countries of the former Soviet Union, entirely new central banks have been established. The member countries of the European Union have created a supranational central bank that oversees a monetary union. In all of these situations, central bank law was either revised or written de novo, while institutional objectives, practices, and structures were amended or created from scratch. In this article, we survey and quantify the trends in two major areas of central bank governance: independence and transparency. We document the steady progress toward greater central bank independence and transparency in a large number of industrial and developing countries over the past 10 to 15 years and discuss the effects of these aspects of governance on inflation. Finally, we touch on committee structure and decision making.
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Ayadi, Mohamed A., Nesrine Ayadi, and Samir Trabelsi. "Corporate governance, European bank performance and the financial crisis." Managerial Auditing Journal 34, no. 3 (March 4, 2019): 338–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-11-2017-1704.
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PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the effects of internal and external governance mechanisms on the performance and risk taking of banks from the Euro zone before and after the 2008 financial crisis.Design/methodology/approachTo avoid macroeconomic problems and shocks and because of data availability, the authors select some countries of the Euro zone, namely, France, Belgium, Germany and Finland, during the 2004-2009 period. These countries share similar macroeconomic environments (unemployment, inflation and economic growth rates). All the data relating to the banks are manually drawn from the supervising reports submitted to banks and are available on the banks’ websites and/or on that of the AMF website. The banks included in our sample are drawn from the list of European central banks onwww.ecb.intFindingsThe empirical results show that banks undertake tradeoffs between different governance mechanisms to alleviate the intensity of the agency conflicts between the shareholders and managers. The findings also confirm that internal mechanisms and capital regulations are complementary and significantly impact bank performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis analysis can be extended through studying the interaction between bondholders’ governance and shareholders’ governance and their impact on the 2008 financial crisis.Practical implicationsThe changes in banking governance help banks find a useful and necessary way to avoid ill-considered risks that can cause a systemic risk. Therefore, some conditions should be met so that banking governance can contribute to the economic development.Social implicationsCulture and mentality of good banking governance must grow as much as possible through awareness-raising, training, promotion, recognition of performance, enhancing procedure transparency and stability of good banking governance and regulations, strengthening the national capacity to fight against corruption, and preventive mechanisms.Originality/valueThis paper complements previous studies, mainly those of Andres and Vallelado (2008) who examine the impact of the components of the board on banking performance and of Laeven and Levine (2009) who estimate the combined effect of regulatory and ownership structure on the risk-taking of each bank.
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Schwarz, Claudia, Polychronis Karakitsos, Niall Merriman, and Werner Studener. "Why Accounting Matters: A Central Bank Perspective." Accounting, Economics and Law - A Convivium 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 1–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ael-2014-0023.
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AbstractThis paper analyses how accounting frameworks can affect three important areas of responsibility of many central banks, namely monetary policy, financial stability and banking supervision. The identified effects of accounting rules and accounting information on the activities of a central bank are manifold. First, the effectiveness of monetary policy crucially hinges on the financial independence of a central bank, which can be evidenced, inter alia, by its financial strength. Using a new simulation of the financial results of the European Central Bank (ECB), this paper shows that the reported annual profit and financial buffers of a central bank can be significantly affected by accounting, profit distribution and loss coverage rules. Second, in respect of financial stability, the accounting frameworks applied by commercial banks can not only affect their behaviour, but also that of financial markets. Indeed, there is evidence that accounting frameworks amplified pro-cyclicality during the recent crisis, and thus posed risks to the stability of the financial system. This being so, the accounting frameworks of credit institutions have obvious implications for central banks’ analyses with regard to promoting financial stability. Finally, as regards banking supervision, regulatory reporting and key supervisory ratios are based on accounting data. Under the new regulatory framework for banks in the European Union (EU), bank supervisors are highly reliant on accounting data. This means that central banks, in their role as bank supervisors, need to understand the underlying accounting rules and should directly support the development and application of harmonised accounting frameworks.
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Takacs, Andras, and Tamas Szucs. "The effect of decreasing interest rates on European banks’ earnings quality." Banks and Bank Systems 14, no. 2 (July 4, 2019): 174–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/bbs.14(2).2019.15.
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Earnings quality (EQ) is an indicator generally defined as a mix of many components like persistence, predictability, volatility and smoothing of earnings. This study is based on the hypothesis that in the banking sector, any changes in interest rates make a remarkable effect on these characteristics of earnings, and thus may influence EQ. Between 2007 and 2015, there has been a general decreasing trend in interest rates across Europe, with varying slopes in different countries. Using data of 128 European banks from 27 countries, it is examined how the extent of interest rate decrease influenced the EQ of banks. It was found that the extent of interest decrease negatively affects earnings quality, meaning that the EQ of banks located in countries with less drastic relative interest cuts between 2007 and 2015 (typically less developed Central and Eastern European countries) is higher than the EQ of banks from developed countries with significant relative interest cuts in the same period.
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Mikołajczyk, Marcin. "Testy warunków skrajnych jako element oceny bezpieczeństwa sektora bankowego." Kwartalnik Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społecznego. Studia i Prace 1, no. 3 (December 12, 2015): 181–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.33119/kkessip.2015.1.3.12.
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The article presents the latest approach to stress tests applied by the EuropeanBanking Authority and national supervisory authorities, including methodology,scenarios, key assumptions and results of a study. The results of stress testsindicate that the banking sector in Poland is in good condition as banks showedhigher level of capital adequacy than most of the banks from the European Union,reflecting the stability of the banking sector. Stress test methodology used by theEuropean Central Bank is also contained in the paper. The role of stress tests asan instrument for enhancing the stability of financial institutions and the needfor further work on stress testing are also discussed.
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Pešić, Ivana V., and Gajo M. Vanka. "EU Crises Multiplier - From One Crisis To Another." Economic Themes 52, no. 2 (June 1, 2014): 215–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2014-0015.
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Abstract Since the wide spreading of the European Union (EU) crisis begun, the research papers have been providing different definitions such as currency crisis, competitiveness crisis, banking crisis, balance of payment crisis, but the most frequent notion of EU crises is the sovereign debt crisis. In this paper, the researchers agree that the current European crisis can be identified as sovereign debt crises at its surface, but in order to search for solutions of EU problems, we must look deeper into the sources of this crisis. Through this paper, the multiplication of crisis is explained, whereby it is being concluded that one type of crisis led to another, while staying on the point that the Eurozone current crisis is basically a combination of two core crisis: balance of payment crisis and banking crisis. In order to support the hypothesis that sovereign debt crisis is deeply connected with balance of payment crisis, we have analysed the trade and capital flows of European countries. It was discovered that periphery countries mostly financed their current account deficit, trade deficits and public deficit through external borrowing from creditor countries. Further, the periphery countries have been cumulating not only trade deficit in trade activity with other European partners, but also in trade with the rest of the world. The key source of imbalances between the European countries seems to be a different level of competitiveness caused by different level of productivity. As the second face of EU crises, we recognised a banking crisis. We found that sovereign debt crisis and banking crisis are interconnected but banking crisis usually precedes the debt crisis. With the fast growth of international capital flows, financial integration was strongly regionally concentrated and became especially important within the EU. Through the analysis of the international investment position of creditor countries, it was concluded that these countries are more integrated within the euro area through financial flows than through real economic flows. Additionally, it was discovered that creditor countries’ banks were among the biggest investors in bonds of periphery countries such as Greece. In other periphery countries such as Ireland, banking crisis and subsequent measures for the rescuing of banking system led to the increase of public debt. In the other countries, banks were faced with solvency problems due to bad debt holdings. Having in mind that we found interconnection of the debt crisis with balance of payment crisis on the one side, and with the banking crisis on the other side, the conclusion is that sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone is a result of two-core crisis: balance of payment crisis and bank crisis. Reckoning on the European Union history where each crisis usually led to the stronger integration, maybe the current crisis is a step further towards better and deeper integration.