United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-12-29 monographic deposited born digital 65 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-38 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38 P0b002ee18037fa4a f:gg95038 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38 GGD-95-38 Banking regulation Foreign governments Financial institutions International economic relations Bank management Bank deposits Capital Banking law Bank examination Deposit funds United Kingdom European Union European Community Single Internal Market Program Deposit Protection Fund Chapter Report GGD Proposals to consolidate U.S. banking regulatory agencies have raised questions about how other nations structure and carry out their various bank regulation and supervision and central bank activities. This report provides information about such activities in the United Kingdom, which provides an example of a bank regulatory structure dominated by its central bank. GAO describes (1) the U.K. bank regulatory and supervisory structure and its key participants; (2) how that structure functions, particularly with respect to bank authorization, regulation, and supervision; and (3) how banks are examined. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38.pdf GAO/GGD-95-38 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-38 Chapter Report GAO/GGD-95-38; Bank Regulatory Structure: The United Kingdom; Banking regulation Foreign governments Financial institutions International economic relations Bank management Bank deposits Capital Banking law Bank examination Deposit funds United Kingdom European Union European Community Single Internal Market Program Deposit Protection Fund