Set of financial institutions in an economy. It includes commercial banks, private industrial or business banks, official banking, savings banks, credit cooperatives, and the issuing bank. The Spanish banking system, together with the rest of credit entities, is subject to regulation and supervision by the Bank of Spain or the European Central Bank (in the case of those financial entities with a balance sheet exceeding €30,000 million).
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