Moreover, it would be instrumental in fostering the efficiency of the internal capital markets and market integration in retail and corporate banking (see Barba Navaretti et al. 2009).

FORBES: Too Big To Fail Or Too Small To Maintain Stability?

Whitehall sources argue that Mr Cameron has already secured a written vow by the 27 leaders that euro-zone deals may not undermine an achievement dear to Tory hearts the EU's internal market, with its free movement for capital, goods, people and services (at least in theory).

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

One method, pushed by the Americans, was to move towards using banks' internal models for allocating capital to credit risks just as they do for market risks on their trading books.

ECONOMIST: Banking regulation