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Debate over EU bank capital rules proving tricky for the European Commission

By Fanny Roux ( February 3, 2026, 09:09 GMT | Comment) -- The European Commission faces a challenging task weighing up the differing views of supervisors and banks on reforms to streamline the EU bank capital framework. They disagree on the impact of a bank's capital levels on lending and what could make the sector more competitive. Balancing supervisors’ and banks’ positions on potential reforms of the EU bank capital framework could be the biggest challenge the European Commission faces in financial regulation this year....

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