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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10841

7 May 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) banking
Prospect of three-in-one EU bank directive

Brussels, 06/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 8 May 2013, the European Commission will unveil a draft directive which, from 2015, will increase transparency and comparability on bank charges, make it easier to shift bank accounts and guarantee every adult who wants one a basic bank account.

In the draft directive, which this newsletter has seen, the European Commission says: “Persistent problems regarding the opacity of payment account fees make it difficult for consumers to make...

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