This open access book is the first attempt to elaborate the formalization phase of banking supervision in eight developed countries-USA, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, and UK. This innovative study in the field of banking supervision history identifies why national histories of banking supervision share similarities, but also remain different and are heavily path dependent. This book will be of great interest not only to financial/economic historians but also to general readers interested in banking supervision, i.e., students, bankers, supervisors, and international officials.

This open access book is the first attempt to elaborate the formalization phase of banking supervision in eight developed countries-USA, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, and UK. This innovative study in the field of banking supervision history identifies why national histories of banking supervision share similarities, but also remain different and are heavily path dependent. This book will be of great interest not only to financial/economic historians but also to general readers interested in banking supervision, i.e., students, bankers, supervisors, and international officials.

This book provides an introduction to financial supervision as practiced and discussed by stakeholders and in academia. It covers the "why, who, and by whom" issues of financial supervision, offering international comparisons as well as perspectives from different academic disciplines such as law, finance, economics and public administration. The books is based on an extensive survey of available research and publications on the topics covered, as well as a large number of interviews with stakeholders at different levels and in different countries who work with the implementation, enforcement and/or compliance with financial regulation on a daily basis. By recognizing the multi-disciplinary nature of financial supervision the book will be of interest to both practitioners, students and academics, and respond to the growing need for authoritative guidance in this complex area.