Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: Merit, University of Essex, course: Msc Finance and Investment, language: English, abstract: The paper talks about the following points: - Explain the key business and financing strategies undertaken by banks over the past 20 years. - Discuss how regulatory authority reactions to the recent financial crisis may affect the business and financing strategies of banks in the future.