Deutsche Bank queries ECB line on bank lending help

Nov 20 Increased bank lending volumes as a result of the European Central Bank's easy money interest rate policy may not be enough to offset the hit to margins from that policy, Deutsche Bank Co-Chief Executive Juergen Fitschen said on Friday.

"The behaviour of banks is also contributing to the dilemma we are in," Fitschen said.

"If there would be very significant growth tomorrow in Europe, I would have serious doubts whether banks could accommodate that," Fitschen said, because regulation was putting brakes on the provision of financial support.

"We have to be very realistic about what can be done," he said