CONVERGENCE, SAFETY AND STABILITY OF THE CONTEMPORARY BANKING SYSTEM – SELECTED ISSUES

The study is descriptive-systematizing. Selected issues related to the convergence, security and stability of the modern banking system and financial innovations were made. The phenomenon of convergence and institutional-structural features of the models of the financial system were discussed. It also presents the impact of convergence in the financial system on its stability in the theoretical perspective, with particular emphasis on the factors of financial instability in the shot of  H.P. Minski. It seems unlikely to analyze changes in financial systems in a holistic way in terms of their similarity. It is more appropriate to analyze modifications, including similarities and differences in financial systems of different countries through the individual elements of these systems. This particularly applies to financial innovations in the product, process and organizational dimension. It was noticed that the elements of the financial system seem to evolve in such a direction that financial innovations show significant similarities in countries with diverse financial systems.

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