SocGen’s Oudéa sees opening for EDIS, M&A after 2020

Prospects for a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS), together with technology, allow a relatively upbeat assessment on bank merger opportunities, according to Société Générale CEO Frédéric Oudéa.

European Parliament elections and a new European Commission could lay the groundwork for cross-border bank mergers from next year, Oudéa tells Euromoney.

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Frédéric Oudéa,
Société Générale

The CEO, who is also president of the European Banking Federation, sees a good chance that the EU will prioritize its banking and capital markets union reforms from next year – including an EDIS.

He says clearer progress on that front will then allow banks to do their part in integrating Europe’s financial sector: pre-empting a longer-term move to bigger and more pan-European capital markets.

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