LONDON: Britain’s banking sector is “well placed” to deal with the fallout after the country’s shock vote to leave the European Union, the minister overseeing the financial sector said Wednesday.

Harriett Baldwin, addressing a retail banking conference in central London, told delegates that the industry—ravaged by the global financial crisis—had adequate capital and liquidity to weather Brexit.

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