Introduction

The text comprises a selection of papers that offersnew insights into banking business models, risks and regulation proposals in the aftermath of European financial crises. It investigates the main issues affecting the business of banking nowadays such as low interest rates and non-performing loans.Contributions alsooffer new insights into topics not yet fully investigated by the literature such as banks' short selling bans after Brexit, the European Deposit Guarantee Scheme and banks' risk appetite framework. These chapters were originally presented as papers at the annual conference of the European Association of University Teachers in Banking and Finance (otherwise known as Wolpertinger Conference) which was held at the University of Verona, Italy, at the beginning of September 2016.