Regulatory Experience in the US and It's Lessons for European Banking Union

15 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2013 Last revised: 29 Nov 2013

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Anthony Saunders

New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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Date Written: November 29, 2013

Abstract

The regulatory system has taken 150 years to develop in the US. Even today it is far from unified with four supervisory "agencies" overseeing banking organizations, i.e., 50 State Regulatory bodies, the OCC, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve, with a wide variety of individual and often overlapping powers such as in examination and supervision. The Euro-zone is at the very start of what will be a long and difficult process and whether unification is achievable across such a diverse set of economies with competing local supervisors and diverse bankruptcy laws remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the US is a useful laboratory to examine the benefits and costs of different approaches to the three "legs" of European bank union, i.e., supervision, deposit insurance and restructuring/resolution.

Keywords: European Banking Union, US Experience in European Banking, Dual Banking

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Saunders, Anthony, Regulatory Experience in the US and It's Lessons for European Banking Union (November 29, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2353545 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2353545

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