Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
3 important questions on Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
How many deposit taking institutions are there in the US and EU?
US: 9.000
EU: 10.000
EU: 10.000
Euro vs US banking system
- size and structure relatively similar
- large difference whitin borders (eg a few banks dominate 80 to 90% of the banking sector in the Netherlands)
- strong home-bias in ownership of banks
- large difference whitin borders (eg a few banks dominate 80 to 90% of the banking sector in the Netherlands)
- strong home-bias in ownership of banks
Differences Europe, Anglo-Saxon an Japanese economies:
- Continental Europe: Universal banking: no separation between banking and securities industries (combinations of banking and insurance firms)
- British-style universal banking system: universal banks for securities underwriting with separate legal subsidiaries
- Japan: some legal separation of the banking and other financial services industries. These banks can hold substantial equity stakes in commercial firms
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