Switzerland's banks are deploying a new comms strategy as they reel from a series of assaults...if banking secrecy laws are compromised too much. 'They offer very good expertise and knowledge, which has been obscured by the issue of banking secrecy,' said one source. 'And the Swiss financial centre has ... . Switzerland's famed banking secrecy laws have come under considerable pressure in recent years, including a US ...
that will rehabilitate the banks. Normally, people have a limited capacity for anger....They experience it; it is cathartic; it passes and they are prepared to move on. With the banking ... of the banks contributed to the financial crisis and resented it even when it accepted the need for the subsequent bailout. The banks still arouse fury because they are carrying on as if nothing has happened ...
Two-thirds of people have lost trust in their high street banks, according to exclusive research...the UK banking industry is illustrated by the fact 89 per cent of respondents have become more negative about banks over the past year and 42 per cent are 'mistrustful' of the industry. Ninety-three per cent ...
The suggestion of a PR industry 'ideas bank' (Letters, 16 October) to identify and protect...can spell the difference between success and failure, thus rendering any 'protection' in an ideas bank ...
The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a multi-billion-pound share issue, according to weekend ... ), the bank will hand over a further £19.5bn of securities as a fee, pushing up the Government's stake to 84 ... . Bloomberg said the sum raised would be £3-5bn. The news follows reports Lloyds Banking Group is also looking ...
advocating a global tax on transactions to ensure banks do not engage in unnecessary activity. We should ... the detail but do not lose sight of the true social purpose of banks - to grow national and global economies ... is to ensure good governance of the system. But the banks need to better communicate what their social ...
Bonuses UK banks attacked for failing to answer criticism from media over recent £7.6bn bonus...Under-fire banks have been criticised for their unwillingness to argue their case under a barrage ... on the bonuses paid by the UK banking sector. The comments follow news that, despite the banking crisis, UK banks paid out £7.6bn in bonuses between December and April (albeit a drop of some 40 per cent on last ...
The Lloyds Banking Group is said to be weighing up a £15bn rights issue to avoid falling into majority government ownership. Lloyds is set to place £260bn of assets into the Government's Asset ... in the sector back in 2008 before the banking crisis really took hold. £15bn, Amount Lloyds is said ...
Nick Miles is right that the media treatment of banks is a 'turkey shoot' (Opinion, 31 July)....Sadly, the banks have failed once again this week to ensure the media carry any decent explanatory narrative around the 'return to bumper bonuses'. So it has been open season once again, despite positive news about a return to high profitability. Until banks start to realign the public mindset about ...
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