For several years, many people had recognized the need for changes in the banking system.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

"So you can probably say that there is not much of a problem of the asset side in the Asian banking system."

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

The European Union predicts the bloc may begin to slowly recover next year, but only if the banking system and international trade pick up.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

But IMF official Marek Belka says Europe also must clean up its banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

He said more needs to be done to clean up the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Mr.Fillon expressed confidence in U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's newest initiative to help stabilize the banking system by providing guarantees and low-interest loans to investors willing to purchase toxic assets from banks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Since the financial crisis began in the United States (in 2007), US officials are under pressure to assure their counterparts that they are taking decisive action to safeguard and repair the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

No one knows how much government money might be needed. But during the past six months, more than $700 billion has been committed to cleaning up the bad loans in the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"And we will have to take action in London to make sure that the banking system is reformed, to ensure ourselves that our financial institutions can come to the aid of the poorest countries, and to make sure that we do what is necessary to ensure that there is strong growth and recovery - and particularly jobs in the world economy as a result of the actions that we take,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

said a banking expert. "Day trading" is a system that lets investors trade directly on an electronic market system.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

"The current financial crisis has clearly demonstrated that risk to the financial system can arise not only in the banking sector, but also from the activities of other financial firms, such as investment banks and insurance companies that traditionally have not been subject to the type of regulation and consolidated supervision applicable to bank holding companies,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01