Since the global financial crisis, the banking sector has had to tighten its regulatory framework, adapt to stringent capital, liquidity and risk-taking policies and sustain stress-testing scenarios. In the midst of turmoil in global markets, tightening monetary policies and fears of global recession, will the “too safe to fail” model ensure the banking system is ready to deploy capital and support the economic recovery? This session was developed in collaboration with Bloomberg News. <i> This session is directly linked to the ongoing work of the Platform for Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems of the World Economic Forum.<i>