Banking crisis and following sovereign debt crisis are the cause of some changes on the financial market. This thesis is mainly focused on the debt crisis and its impact on financial sector stability. Roots, consequences and probable solutions of the debt crisis are also examined. Among analysed solutions were included proposals for financial transaction tax, stability bonds and regulation under new concept of CRD IV, bail-in and federalization of the eurozone. Analysed are also ratings, fiscal policy and optimality of the euro currency areas and its impact on stability of financial institutions. According to results, some proposals could be contrary to each other if implemented in its present form. Or it can increase moral hazard of financial institutions. Another consequence is establishment of new regulations. On the other hand, positive is that financial institutions have endured the sovereign debt crisis.

The submitted diploma thesis deals with the taxation of financial institutions, focusing on current trends in this field. Its aim is to analyze and compare implemented forms of taxation of financial institutions in selected countries. The first chapter provides the analysis of taxation of financial institutions in the Czech Republic and focuses on the specifics related to corporate income tax and value added tax. The second chapter discusses the approach to the taxation of financial institutions in selected countries where the focus is on the financial stability contribution, financial activities tax and financial transaction tax. The third chapter deals with the development of the implementation of the financial transaction tax in the European Union. Moreover, briefly describes the process of these discussions and examines the current proposal for a Council Directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax. The thesis also contains an approximate prediction of tax revenues in case that the Czech Republic implemented the European financial transaction tax.

Never before in history has the amount of international trade been higher or more efficient than it is today. The fastest growing type of trade is the speculative currency trading, searching for instant profit based only on the anticipation of the variations in currency exchange rates. When currency speculation becomes an influential part of the capital flows it becomes harmful and creates instability of currency systems. Exchange rates starts to fluctuate due to the will and anticipation of speculators rather than the economic health of the country associated with the currency. This has led to recurring currency crises all over the world and an increased interest in regulatory mechanisms. One of the most discussed mechanisms proposed to handle this harmful evolution of the foreign exchange markets is the Currency Transaction Tax (CTT). The CTT stipulates a low tax (0.1 per cent) on all currency transaction to curb the incitement of short-term speculation based on a large amount of smaller transactions. The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether an implementation of a CTT is compatible with the EU treaties. This purpose consists of two research questions; whether the CTT is in conformity with the substantive law of the EU, more precisely the free movements of capital, and if the CTT is in conformity with the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the exclusive power of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) over monetary policy. Since this thesis aims to identify if the CTT is in conformity with existing legislation, the traditional doctrinal method is used for identifying and analysing potential difficulties with the CTT and to interpret these provisions in the light of ECJ case law and literature. The thesis concludes that the CTT is in conformity with the EU treaties. It does however require the full cooperation of the ESCB and ECB to achieve the objectives; to create a more stable currency market. The CTT is ready to implement.

The goal of my thesis on Supervision over the banking industry in the EU member states is to describe critically and to define newly engendering concept of the banking union. It is a very actual topic because the effective mechanism creation, which should solve problems of the European banking sector, is currently one of the primary goals of the European Union. The study is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is the theoretical one. The definition and differentiation of the essential terms such as supervision and surveillance can be found there. Further the basic theoretical modules can be found there, from which it is possible to stem during the banking supervision implementation in practice. The second and the third chapters are the analytical parts. The introduction of the second chapter glances at the backgrounds of the legislative proposals acceptance in this area. Afterwards the chapter is already focused on four pillars of the proposed Banking union. The first pillar is formed with so called "single rule book", thus the uniform regulatory rules that are the implementation of the requirements expressed in so called Basel III. In this part of the study there is outlined why it is not quite happy at present to burden the credit institutions in the European Union even more through...