It's bonus time in the City again this year, the Champagne bars will be pleased. But what about the rest of us? LLoyds TSB, 41% owned by …
Archives for 2011
Good Old Fashioned Banking (Humour)
A bit of light relief - banking as it used to be done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUhb0XII93I And one from Australia on the European …
The Basel Accords & Mark to Market
Basel Capital Accords The underlying basis of our modern-day banking system is based on fractional reserve banking. If a bank has say …
Prospects for 2011
Let's get the bad news out of the way first. (Don't worry - there's good news to follow!). The Bad News We're about to start feeling the …