This is the reason why we need a healthy and robust banking system which significantly contributes to funding the economy. Such banking system will strengthen the capacity of the financial system in particular, and the economy in general in confronting multiple shocks amidst a national economy that is becoming increasingly internationalized and integrated with the global economy.
The aim of strengthening banking institutions on the one side, and optimising the banking intermediation function on the other are not two separable or debatable things; they are not dichotomous. They both resemble two sides that make up one coin as a whole.