IQ Interview with José Manuel Campa

The EU began the process of transposing the final parts of Basel III into law with the publication of legislative proposals in October 2021. José Manuel Campa, chairperson of the European Banking Authority, talks to IQ and explains why timely and accurate implementation of the capital standards is so important.

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