Bill Hobbs, a respondent at Irish Economics blog wrote,
"It’s an interesting area. Why is it co-operatives and mutual banking firms have not established a real presence in Ireland’s banking system? Credit Unions remain fragmented with the EBS is the only genuine building society left, albeit barely standing. Yet across Europe, US, Canada and Australia such organisational forms have a large presence in domestic banking markets providing consumer, business and corporate banking services. The dominant Irish banking model has been the joint stock bank since the late 18th century." http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/09/08/banking-regulation-in-ireland-and-spain/ Brian O' Hanlon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
