By Fanny Roux ( July 20, 2026, 13:57 GMT | Insight) -- The financial sector broadly welcomes the European Commission's strategy to streamline the banking framework, particularly its commitment to simplify capital requirements and facilitate cross-border operations. But industry groups are calling for additional measures, including changes to non-performing loan rules, leverage ratio recalibration, and concrete short-term actions to meet the bloc's investment needs.The financial sector has broadly welcomed the EU's strategy to better integrate and streamline the banking framework, published on Friday, but is also requesting shorter-term solutions and additional measures....
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