TY - BOOK AU - Barros, Pedro Pita. ED - Fundación BBVA. ED - Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain) TI - Integration of European banking:: the way forward SN - 9781898128700 (pbk.) AV - HC241 .F76 1999 U1 - 332.1094 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Bibao : PB - Fundación BBVA, KW - Banks and banking KW - European Union countries KW - Deregulation KW - Economic integration N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - This report reviews the progress that has been made in eliminating regulatory and non-regulatory barriers to trade in banking services, and the degree to which European banking markets have become integrated. It sets out some key policy recommendations that emerge from an assessment of the FSAP, and suggests that the pursuit of financial integration raises fundamental questions about the ownership of banks that have not been adequately considered to date ER -