The following is an article by Stephen Zarlenga (of the American Monetary Institute) and Greg Coleridge, providing an update on a …
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Independent Banking Commission offers Disappointing Half-Time Report
John Vickers, Chairman of the Independent Banking Commission gave a half-time report on Saturday 22nd January. Overall it’s not very …
Robert Peston Discovers the Root of the Problem
On Tuesday evening, a major step forward was made. Robert Peston, the famous BBC presenter on everything to do with finance, actually used …
No solutions on BBC2: Are Britain's banks too big to save?
(Guest Post by Richard Boulton) "Are Britain's banks too big to save?" was the question Robert Peston set himself in his investigation last …
It's Bonus Time!
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 …
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 …
Money's Made Essentially from Thin Air (Video)
Enjoy, courtesy of AJ: [youtube id="6AiuAotV_o0"] …