Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer attends a conference organized by the Paris Club and Institute for International Finance (IIF) in Paris June 25, 2009. (File Photo) REUTERS/Benoit Tessier   By Jan Dahinten and Neil Chatterjee
SINGAPORE, Oct 26 (Reuters) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Christian Noyer warned that banks are taking the same risks that led to the financial crisis and said they should preserve capital rather than pay it out to bankers and investors.His comments came as regulators around the world mull reforms to lower the risks that large banks can pose to the financial system and rein in the type of recklessness that fueled the credit crisis.

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