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In need of a thorough overhaul

ReformAs corporate restructuring and consolidation sweep across Europe, the prospects for structural change remain surprisingly limited among the continent's savings and co-operative banks. Some observers believe this is the sector most in need of overhaul. In Germany, for example, there is one branch for every 7.7 square kilometre - about twice as many as in western Europe as a whole...more

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