The Bank of England is examining whether Britain’s biggest banks should formally separate their investment banking and retail banking operations, The Times reported, adding that the US Federal Reserve is understood to be considering the feasibility of splitting up giant banking institutions to try to limit the systemic risk posed by the collapse of another large bank.

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