Leaders of the banking system realized they needed help moving forward, and there was general agreement that the widespread collapse of financial intermediaries was not in the broader social interest.

银行系统的大佬们意识到，他们需要帮助方能前行，当时人们普遍认为，金融中介机构大批倒闭不符合社会利益。

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A complex proposal advanced by the French banking lobby had been seen as a basis for such an agreement.

而法国银行业的说客们则就此项协议提出了一项复杂方案，作为执行该协议的基础。

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Osborne says it was agreement on the creation of international banking regimes so that no bank is considered too big to fail, and that when Banks do fail taxpayers aren't left covering the losses.

奥斯本表示，各国都同意建立国际银行机制，以确保没有哪家银行太大而不能倒，当银行倒闭时保护纳税人不用偿还损失。

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An agreement on banking union is important both to reassure the markets the euro zone can deliver on its promises and to reverse the fragmentation of the banking system, vital to stem the pace of deleveraging.

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JPMorgan would be picking up WaMu's customer deposits and in this rapidly changing banking world everyone is in agreement that the important thing is the capital base with customer deposits being an important part of that.

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The agreement - a key step towards banking union - will be put before European leaders later on Thursday.

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