Electronic commerce and the Single Market in financial services in Europe: What chances for success?

Abstract

The Single Market in financial services (investment funds, banking, insurance and investment services) has had a long gestation and has been a mixed success. It is now faced with a new challenge, the adaptation of the Community regulatory framework to an electronic environment. This paper reviews progress in creating a Single Market in financial services, in particular the application of freedoms to provide services and of establishment and the principles of mutual recognition, home country control and the single licence. It also identifies issues in relation to electronic advertising, marketing and provision of financial services on a cross‐border basis. The paper seeks to show that existing and proposed Community legislation provides a framework for future development of this new medium:

Citation

Woolfson, P. (1997), "Electronic commerce and the Single Market in financial services in Europe: What chances for success?", Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 306-318. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024940