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  • Barclays and the BoE, forex fines and US non-performing loans

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Barclays and the Bank of England intervention to attempt to block the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the bank, the latest fines over the manipulation of foreign exchange, and non-performing loans tick up in the US. With special guest Lambros Kilaniotis, partner at the law firm RPC.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent and Robert Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Fona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    14 min
  • Metro Bank, Asia's fintech challengers and Softbank's stake in Greensill

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Metro Bank as its shares fall to an all-time low, Hong Kong's fintech challengers, and why SoftBank's Vision Fund has invested in UK private finance shadow bank Greensill. With special guest, John Cronin from Goodbody stockbrokers


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Rob Smith, capital markets correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    16 min
  • Barclays off the hook, Goldman's Marcus roll-out and UBS revolt

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest stage in the battle between the management at Barclays and activist investor Edward Bramson, delays to the roll-out plan for Goldman Sachs's Marcus online savings product in Europe, and what's behind the AGM rebellion at UBS.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
  • Buffett on banks, Brunei boycott and the failed German bank merger

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Warren Buffett's views on banks, JP Morgan's decision to boycott Brunei-owned hotels over the kingdom's anti-gay laws and why the merger talks between Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank failed.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Oliver Ralph, insurance correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent and Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt correspondent. With special guest Isabel Schnabel, economics professor at Bonn University. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min
  • Barclays bonuses, Nomura's cutbacks and Revolut's rethink

    Barclays bonuses, Nomura's cutbacks and Revolut's rethink

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Barclays's decision to cut bonuses for staff, Nomura's plan to slash representation in London and the controversial fintech company Revolut's 'coming of age'. Special guest: Koji Nagai, chief executive of Nomura


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Leo Lewis, Japan financial correspondent, and Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    16 min
  • Staley vs Bramson, Goldman's fixed income fix and RBS's online bank Bó

    David Crow and guests discuss the battle between Barclays and the activist investor Edward Bramson, Goldman's quest to find a fix for its fixed income business, and whether RBS's new online only bank Bó can compete with digital natives like Monzo and Revolut. With special guest Mark Bailie chief executive of Bó


    Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Mark Bailie, chief executive of Bó. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min
  • UniCredit's plan to bid for Commerzbank, StanChart's $1bn fine and US regulation

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UniCredit's potential bid for Commerzbank, Standard Chartered's $1bn fine to settle its Iran sanctions probe and US deregulation or re-regulation of foreign banks.  


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, bank regulation correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
  • Deutsche-Commerzbank merger, Nordic money laundering and Wells Fargo’s departing CEO

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest twists of the Deutsche-Commerzbank merger plan, the spiralling Swedbank money laundering scandal and why Wells Fargo's chief executive had to go. With special guest Graham Barrow, an independent financial crime expert.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor; Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent; Richard Milne, Nordic and Baltic correspondent; Robert Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Martin Stabe


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min
  • Brexit planning, pressure over bankers' pay and the UK's trapped mortgagees

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the Brexit-linked relocation of London-based bank staff, why investors in Europe are becoming restive over bankers' pay and why the UK regulator has intervened to help homeowners trapped by inflexible mortgage arrangements. With special guest Tom Gosling, a pay expert at the consultancy PwC.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min
  • National champions, German bank merger, WorldPay and women at Goldman

    David Crow and guests discuss what the ECB thinks of the creation of national banking champions, the prospective merger between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, Fidelity National Information Services's $43bn acquisition of Worldpay, and the attempt by Goldman Sachs to boost the number of women in its senior ranks. With special guest Andrea Enria, chair of the European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism.


    Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Claire Jones, Frankfurt bureau chief, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Jonathan Guthrie, head of Lex and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min

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