Over recent decades financial regulation has become broader, increasingly complex,
and more global. On one hand, there are Basel II, Basel III, and subsequent frameworks, sometimes
accompanied by additional national "finishes" (in Switzerland for example the so-called "Swiss Finish"). On
the other, various standards with respect to issues including transparency, corruption, money laundering,
and data exchange have been suggested, requested, or introduced. These rules and standards are usually
proposed and created by supranational organizations, NGOs, or think tanks, which represent diverse
stakeholders. Individual countries can then incorporate them into their national laws. Subject to their
signing of international treaties, individual countries still have some freedom as to if, when, and how they
implement these rules and standards, and to what extent they enforce them.

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