As recently as 2001, Europe’s top 20 banks still generated more than half of their revenues at home. By 2010, this share had fallen by 10 percentage points, to 42% – a remarkable decline that was interrupted only briefly by the financial crisis.
这些优势的存在使得银行业快速地实现了国际化。2001年，欧洲最大20家银行的年营收额有一大半来自国内。到了2010年，这一比重下降了10个百分点，变为42%——降幅令人瞩目，金融危机也只是略微干扰了一下这一趋势。