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Banks begin moving some operations out of Britain

29 points| hoodoof | 9 years ago |ft.com | reply

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[+] q3k|9 years ago|reply
Paywalled..?
[+] oskarpearson|9 years ago|reply
Click the "web" link above, then click the first google result
[+] Ujio|9 years ago|reply
Everything at FT is paywalled, AFAIK.
[+] hugotroll|9 years ago|reply
Can anyone elaborate what passporting means in this case? I don't think that was explained in that article. I'm assuming that it has something to do with transferring funds from one country to another?
[+] cwcw|9 years ago|reply
In that context it means when a bank is regulated in one of the countries in the single market (UK in EU), it can operate without regulatory concern in all the countries there. It is understandable that certain operations will inevitably be moved to a city in the heart of EU instead of staying in London.