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Commons Briefing paper by Tim Edmonds. It was first published on Thursday, 18 June 2015. It was last updated on Thursday, 21 December 2017.


Banking Services: reform and issues

Ever since the financial crisis of 2008 there has been a seemingly endless stream of new laws, directives, recommendations, Boards, Councils and bodies established to either change the previous system of regulation or to implement it and take it forward.  This note brings together the main legislation, bodies and documents to emerge from the five years of the Coalition Government (and after) as it affects (mainly) the banking industry.  It is not in any way inclusive and has a bias towards the consumer or retail side of bank activity rather than investment banking.

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Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
CBP-7234 
Related items
Financial Services Act 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Public acts
Financial Services Act 2012
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Public acts
Subjects
Banks Regulation Reform
Published by
Business and Transport Section
House of Commons Library
Link
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