EU calls for bank collapse fund


The European Union’s finance executive called Friday for banks to pay into a fund that could be drawn upon in case of collapse, an effort to shield taxpayers from the fallout of future crises. Officials are also calling for new ways to deal with insolvent financial groups that operate in…

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