Improving the portability of secure banking is a continuing priority for the world's credit card firms.

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Shoring up the banking and financial system must take first priority.

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The priority at the moment was to ensure stability in the banking and financial system, he said.

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Speaking in the Irish parliament on Thursday, he said the government's priority and focus was on what could be done to create new jobs and investment in the banking and financial sector.

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