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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10984
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) banking

EP wants every adult living in the EU to have a bank account

Brussels, 13/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 12 December, the European Parliament (EP) voted by 359 to 253, with 2 abstentions, to adopt a common position paving the way for a trialogue on a draft directive to ensure access to a basic bank account and a number of services (but not an overdraft) to any adult officially resident in the European Union. The EP says that banks and other providers of bank accounts must be required to provide information about bank charges so that people can...

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