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Banking reform plans may hit smaller firms ICB proposals set to cost banking sector £7bn

SMALLER companies and individuals face bearing the bulk of extra costs laid on banks as a result of proposals developed by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), MPs have been told.

A succession of business leaders told the Treasury Committee that the cost to the industry could be higher than the ICB estimates and could land on the shoulders of banks’ least powerful customers.