Banking in the New Europe

MORTEN BALLING Denmark ANDREA BALZARINI Italy HARALD A. BENINK Netherlands PHILIP BOURKE Ireland FRANCO BRUNI Italy DANIELE FOX Italy CHRISTOS GORTSOS Greece ANDERS GROSEN Denmark RAY KINSELLA Ireland GUNTER LANG Germany JOSAe M. PASTOR Spain PAULO SOARED DE PINHO Portugal DOMINIQUE PLIHON France JAVIER QUESADA Spain JACQUES J. SIJBEN Netherlands RUDI VANDER VENNET Belgium

The completion of the European Single Market Programme (SMP) and the launch of 'Euroland' are bold statements on the European Union and its future. This collection explores the strategic impact of the Single Market Programme and European Monetary Union on European banks and banking systems.The completion of the European Single Market Programme (SMP) and the launch of 'Euroland' are bold statements on the European Union and its future. Within this economic process, the particular importance of the banking and financial services sectors is widely emphasized. This collection explores the strategic impact of the Single Market Programme and European Monetary Union on European banks and banking systems. The contributors examine eleven banking systems: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. Thoroughly up-to-date and with a common thematic overview of major trends in European banking systems, this book covers key strategic developments, structural changes, performance trends and strategies.