Targeted inspections and thematic inspections, which enable us to assess the same risk profile for multiple intermediaries, have taken their place alongside the all-encompassing inspections carried out at long intervals. We have forcefully safeguarded the principles of transparency and begun an open dialogue with the banking industry and the public, making good use of consultations on our measures.
We are acting to strengthen the protection of banks’ customers, at one and the same time a civil value and an essential component of confidence in the banking system, failing which there can be no lasting stability.