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==Banking risks==
==Banking risks==
==Banking failures==


==Banking regulation==
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Responsibility for assessing risk was placed upon the banks and the credit agencies.
Responsibility for assessing risk was placed upon the banks and the credit agencies.


==Banking failures==
===Proposals for reform===


==Proposals for reform==
==Banking prospects==


==References==
==References==


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Banking makes a major contribution to mature economies but banking crises can do them great damage. Bank regulation is a compromise between the avoidance of banking crises and the preservation of banking efficiency. Following the crash of 2008, proposals for regulatory reform are under consideration, and there are prospects of major changes to the structure of the world's banking industry.

For definitions of the terms shown in italics in this article, see the glossary.

The banking principle

History

Economic benefits

Banking risks

Banking failures

Banking regulation

The 1980s deregulations

Basel I and Basel 2 recommendations

Responsibility for assessing risk was placed upon the banks and the credit agencies.

Proposals for reform

Banking prospects

References