Policy Briefs

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Karel Lannoo, Fredrik Andersson

Consumer credit is more prevalent in European countries than is often assumed.

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Author(s): 
Karel Lannoo

The EU is getting serious in the fight against dirty money. It is currently grappling with a huge legislative package in the domain of anti-money laundering (AML), a package that includes four proposals overall

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Janna Ayoub

In 2008, the Consumer Credit Directive (CCD) was significantly changed by adopting a targeted harmonisation approach that aimed at standardising information disclosure duties and imposing similar r

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Author(s): 
Ales Chmelar

This paper sketches the main features and issues related to recent market developments in global transaction banking (GTB), particularly in trade finance, cash management and correspondent banking. It describes the basic functioning of the GTB, its interaction with global financial markets and re-lated implications of global regulatory developments such as Basel III.

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Author(s): 
Frederic Helsen, Ales Chmelar

European-wide data concerning both companies and households indicate that the credit rationing phenomenon, which has been predicted by theory, does in fact occur to a significant degree in the Euro

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Elina Pyykko

The Payment Services Directive was intended to provide more price transparency for users and a level playing field for efficient competition among different payment services by decreasing the inhibiting effects of different legislation, cross-subsidisation and non-cost-based pricing.

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Karel Lannoo, Maria Gerhardt

With the financial crisis, citizens suddenly realized that different levels and forms of depositor protection co-existed in the EU, whereas they had been told for almost 20 years that a single market was in place. Current deposit insurance arrangements in Europe need to be changed, as they match neither market integration nor consumer expectations.

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Author(s): 
Karel Lannoo

This paper starts with a bird’s eye view of retail financial markets in the EU today and their degree of integration.

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Filipa Figueira

The European Commission has recently taken several initiatives to increase the financial capability of EU consumers.

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