Commercial banks traditionally the linchpins of German capitalism, and still among the country's biggest industrial shareholders are changing their behaviour too.

ECONOMIST: German companies

There were plenty of moving parts: two commercial banks (in Los Angeles and London), a German media fund, a London foreign sales distributor, an Italian financier and Canadian officials to arrange for subsidies for locating the film in that country.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The French and German governments should be able to provide the funds to any of their banks unable to raise the needed capital from commercial investors.

BBC: EU banks may raise ?200bn