[ NNSquad ] In case you missed it earlier this year: Europe to warn consumers about .bank "risks"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Europe to warn consumers about .bank "risks"

http://j.mp/M53tVx  (Domain Incite)

    The EBA, the European Union's central banking regulator, said it
    plans to issue consumer alerts, warning people about "the risks of
    these new naming conventions".  In a letter to ICANN published
    today, EBA chair Andrea Enria said that a global gTLD such as
    ".bank" would not give consumers a good guide as to whether the
    bank was regulated in their own country. ... The letter could come
    as a blow to the American-led .bank application proposed by the
    American Bankers Association and the Financial Services
    Roundtable's BITS division.

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