Press Release: How revised bank capital requirements have affected lending: Commission consults

On 15 July 2015, the European Commission started a consultation on how some of the stricter rules on capital requirements for banks, introduced in the wake of the financial crisis, have worked in practice.

The consultation was scheduled to be launched the same evening by Jonathan Hill, EU Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, at the UK leg of the "Investment Roadshow", promoting the EU's €315 billion Investment Plan.

As a follow-up, the European Commission was due to publish a feedback report and organise a public hearing later during the year, paving the way for the Commission's final report in 2016.

ESO: Background information: For a financial sector that promotes investment http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-for-a-financial-sector-that-promotes-investment/

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