The most energetic actor behind the early thinking on banking supervision was a BoE official, Brian Quinn. But his credibility was sapped in the wake of criticism of the BoE’s handling of the collapse in 1991 of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International – an episode that anticipated later issues in managing the failure of large, cross-border institutions.
在对银行监管的早期思考中最积极的人就是英国央行官员布莱恩·奎因（Brian Quinn）。但随着英国央行因处理1991年国际商业信贷银行破产不力而大受指责，布莱恩·奎因的信誉也受到了损害，而这一事件也预示了后来在处理大型跨国机构破产事务上的失败。