In the red corner, the Office of fair Trading (OFT) asserted the right to assess the fairness of overdraft charges according to whether they vastly exceeded the economic cost to the bank.

To organize and implement management order supervision and administration of kinds of market, furthermore, to undertake the administration and registration of various trading market and trade fair.

The euro, despite its troubles, continues to be expensive when compared with many other rich-world currencies, though the British pound is trading close to its fair value.