Bank jako instytucja zaufania publicznego w dobie kryzysu - mit czy rzeczywistość?

Observing recent events in Cyprus and the resulting financial turmoil, appeared considerable doubts as to whether troubled banks and their subsequent insolvency will not cause a complete collapse and bankruptcy of national economies. In addition, difficulties in recovering complex deposits or take financial resources in bank branches undermine the authority of the banks. Therefore, based on the experience of the United States and Europe in the article tries to answer the following questions: if the credibility and confidence in the banking has been actually violated and whether banks can be still treated as institutions of public trust? Relying on numerous examples can be concluded that although the banks on the basis of the theory are treated as institutions of public trust, nowadays are no longer 100% reliable and do not enjoy so much confidence as before.