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EC Documents: Consultation on access to a basic payment account - Contributions authorised for publication, summary of responses

( February 6, 2011, 18:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Financial industry figures and a sample of public authorities opposed the notion of an EU-mandated right to basic bank accounts, while the bulk of commenters agreed with the importance of access to banking and payment services, possibly provided for in national rather than EU action, the European Commission said in a summary of comments to a consultation.Click the attachment at bottom for the summary, or http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/markt/markt_consultations/library?l=/financial_services/payment_account&vm=detailed&sb=Title for an external link to the individual submissions....

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