Banking and Finance - freely available databases
World Bank Global Financial Development Database
World Bank Financial Structure Database
World Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey
World Bank Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey
Systemic Banking Crises Database (Sept. 2018 version)
Deposit Insurance Database (July 2014 version)
International Association of Deposit Insurers dataset
Barth, Caprio, Levine readily available indices for bank regulations
Foreign bank ownership data by Claessens and van Horen
Bank Liquidity creation dataset (U.S. banks) by Berger and Bouwman
Other databases
Worldwide Governance Indicators
Heritage Foundation Economic Freedom Index
Fraser Institute Economic Freedom Indicators