German commercial banks urge faster deregulation by Brussels

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2026-07-09

Frankfurt (dpa) - Germany's commercial banks on Thursday called for EU regulators to move more quickly to keep up with international competition in the United States and United Kingdom. The European Union must take specific measures considerably faster to make banks in the bloc more competitive, Heiner Herkenhoff, chief executive of the Association of German Banks (BdB), said in Frankfurt. The European Commission aims to present its report on ban......

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