Recent trends in euro area banks’ business models and implications for banking sector stability

This special feature of the ECB's Financial Stability Review of May 2016 reviewed recent trends in business model characteristics, discusses their relationship with bank stability and performance, and looks at how this relationship has changed over time, comparing the period before the crisis with the crisis years and the current situation.

+ Key trends in banks’ business activities since the financial crisis
+ Business model implications for bank stability
+ Future prospects: challenges and obstacles

• Primary Source

ECB: Publications http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/html/index.en.html

EU Bookshop: Some ECB publications can also be downloaded via the EU Bookshop website http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/european-central-bank-cbzZYKABstuhoAAAEjIokY4e5K/

ESO: Background information: Financial Stability Review - May 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/financial-stability-review-may-2016/

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