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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10421
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/banking

Final warning about providing basic bank accounts

Brussels, 18/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Thirty million adults in the European Union do not have a current account and this number includes 6 to 7 million who would like a bank account but have been rejected by banks. On Monday 18 July, EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier unveiled a non-binding recommendation from the European Commission on the provision of basic bank accounts. He said this was a social insertion issue for vulnerable individuals and also a matter of facilitating the...

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