Leaning lenders

Major analysis feature on challenges facing the banking sector in the eurozone. Across continental Europe, where banks at least initially appeared less exposed than others (in the United Kingdom, Iceland and the US, for example) to the global financial crisis, many regulators shied away from the opportunity to force banks to build up their capital cushions or to tackle their debt loads.

There are worries about European banks' exposure to Greece's financial woes and the worsening eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

ESO: Background information: Spanish central bank takes control of CajaSur http://www.europeansources.info/record/spanish-central-bank-takes-control-of-cajasur/

ESO: Background information: Bad debt also threatens Europe’s strongest http://www.europeansources.info/record/bad-debt-also-threatens-europes-strongest/

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