It has to be acknowledged at the outset that one cannot dispute the inevitability of risks, and different types of risks, in bank operations. With growing complexity of operations and product innovations, financial institutions have progressively become more exposed to a diverse set of risks.
These include ensuring price stability, enhancing market transparency across national borders, and facilitating commerce both inside and outside Europe. You might even say that it is already achieving what its design symbolises. You know that one side of the banknotes depicts the windows of a society open to the world.