France's biggest banks say that fair-value accounting would threaten the stability of entire banking systems.
The Cyprian banking system, like all banking systems today, is a fractional reserve system.
As a result, it is one more thing that puts these banking systems closer to implosion.
They need to commit money to recapitalizing their banking systems -- now, and not next week.
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Banking systems are modernising and mortgages more readily offered to an emerging middle class.
Like, for example, the finding that banking systems without deposit insurance are subject to runs.
The comments come as eurozone countries attempt to integrate their banking systems to prevent further crises.
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For emerging markets with fragile banking systems, such as Bulgaria, this can be a dangerous drawback.
And the ramifications of Greek default on the European and US banking systems are largely unknowable.
In countries with freer banking systems than China's, sterilisation becomes increasingly costly the more reserves are bought.
Sure, there have been debates over technical details, inevitable given the unique structure of national banking systems.
All three countries have large domestic markets and relatively stable banking systems, which have not been liberalised.
What's more, their banking systems--since the bankers knew no bailout was in store--have tended to strengthen over time.
But the simple, low-cost mobile-banking systems that operate in countries such as Kenya, India or Brazil suggest otherwise.
There have been various wars, an eclectic mixture of different currencies, banking systems.
Another obstacle to effective consolidation is the structure of continental Europe's banking systems.
The G20 committed "to take all necessary actions to preserve the stability of banking systems and financial markets as required".
Markets that erect firewalls around their banking systems may also be sacrificing resilience in the event of a future crisis.
But the result may be a slowdown in unilateral action by countries to bail out their respective banking systems.
According to the IMF, they have strengthened fiscal discipline and banking systems, kept inflation down, motivated reforms and spurred growth.
India will never resemble Latin America or central Europe, which have sold much of their banking systems to the West.
The Cypriot deal sets back the cause of the new global rules for bringing order to banking systems when crisis hits.
This is especially true for the banking systems in the troubled Eurozone periphery, whose banks are loaded up with impaired assets.
"Bank cards were being swallowed by bank machines, and there were problems with the online and telephone banking systems, " she said.
An attack on U.S. computer networks could knock out power grids, telecommunications, transportation and banking systems in a matter of seconds.
This survey began by asking whether, as banks grew and as banking systems consolidated, there was a natural limit to their size.
Around the globe governments are responding to the credit crunch with huge bailouts of their national banking systems and fiscal stimulus programs.
Although many people on the continent do not have a bank account, the banking systems in some countries are growing increasingly sophisticated.
France and Belgium may be able to stand behind Dexia but supporting entire banking systems is beyond the capacity of many sovereigns.
But greater fiscal and financial risk sharing and breaking the negative feedback loop between sovereigns and their banking systems must be addressed.
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