The form that such a bail-in might take is unclear.

A smaller bail-in would require more capital raised, all else equal.

Similar ideas had been floating around the bail-in directive for a while, of course.

Other draft changes include setting bail-in implementation for 2018, a later date than expected.

Again, when it comes to the principle of a depositor bail-in?

Bail-in bonds should be used as a way to bolster bank capital during times of crisis.

They also involve potential changes to the rights of shareholders, who could be wiped out by a bail-in.

We asked, how do you say bail-in in Swedish?

So in real life, a bail-in would have to err heavily on the conservative side.

The same is true of many of the existing national bail-in laws.

The EU agreed on a bail-in plan earlier this year.

How, for instance, would a Lehman-style bail-in be set off?

There are, no doubt, numerous legal and regulatory issues to be overcome for a bail-in to work.

Another possible direction: "A requirement to issue debt suitable for bail-in."

This is a voluntary bail-in arrangement for a still-functioning bank.

His proposal to create a "bail-in" process for troubled banks has caught on with policymakers.

It will be years before they are forced to do so by Brussels, even though the need for a "bail-in" is agreed in principle.

The Central Bank has reached a definite percentage of the bail-in at 47.5pc.

In the end, the ability to bail-in debt in a crisis is uncertain.

While going back to the bail-in point — this bit on retail investors:

A bail-in like this would have allowed Lehman to open for business on Monday.

In Germany, this would be done through creditor groups, who need to approve any bail-in measures.

What they came up with was bail-in - a system where a bank's debt investors bear losses instead of taxpayers.

The ministers were expected to discuss the hierarchy of who would have to take losses - or be involved in a "bail-in."

Spain, meanwhile, is pressing for deposits to be excluded from bail-in.