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  • UBS women, 'doom loop' returns and DBank merger options

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UBS's treatment of its women employees in Switzerland, the return of the banking 'doom loop' and the prospects for a merger between Germany's two biggest banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. With special guest Katie Bennett, director of diversity and inclusion in PwC's consultancy practice.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Kate Allen, capital markets correspondent, and Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon


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    23 min
  • Prospects for a German bank merger, JPMorgan revenues and challenger banks

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the prospects for a merger between Germany's two biggest banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, JPMorgan's revenue warning and the growing challenges facing the UK's fintech sector. With special guest Tom Merry of consultancy Accenture.


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


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    18 min
  • Brexit planning, Swedbank probe and Italian bank financing

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the variety of financial contingency plans UK banks have drawn up for Brexit, how Swedbank has become embroiled in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, and some good news for Italy's indebted banks. With special guest Marco Morelli, chief executive of Monte dei Paschi di Siena.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, David Crow, banking editor and Richard Milne, Nordics correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon


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    13 min
  • Brexit concerns, BoA's Europe moves, Citi's tech plans and London property investment

    David Crow and guests discuss how banks are preparing for Brexit, including Bank of America's costly European restructuring, Citigroup's property investment in London, as well as the bank's plans to replace some of its staff with AI and its long term commitment to China. With special guest Anne Finucane, vice chair of Bank of America.


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


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    17 min
  • Deutsche Bank's funding round, M&A in US banking and Lloyds's wealth management move

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Deutsche Bank's latest funding round says about the broader bank financing market, the BB&T and SunTrust merger in the US and whether it heralds a new phase of M&A in US banking, and why Lloyds in the UK is hiring 700 new financial advisers. With special guest Michael Hünseler, head of credit portfolio management at Assenagon. 


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Rob Smith, capital markets corrrespondent and Michael Hünseler, head of credit portfolio management at Assenagon. Producer: Fiona Symon


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    18 min
  • Dry January in the bond and IPO markets, Australia's bank inquiry and wealth managers

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss why the bond and IPO markets went quiet at the start of the year, the results of Australia's inquiry into industry misconduct and the bear market in wealth management.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Jamie Smyth, Sydney correspondent and Alice Ross, wealth correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon


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    13 min
  • Metro Bank's bleak prospects, Davos predictions and former Barclays chief on trial

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Metro Bank's prospects after a sharp fall in its shares following the disclosure that it had misreported its risk weighting, predictions from Davos and the trial of former Barclays chief executive John Varley and three senior colleagues in London.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Brooke Masters, comment editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Jane Croft, law courts correspondent and John Cronin, financial analyst at Goodbody stockbrokers, in Dublin


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    19 min
  • US bankers pay, UBS results, Davos curtainraiser and MarketInvoice

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss whether US bankers pay is too high, UBS's disappointing results, highlights from Davos and the decision by two high street banks to invest in UK-based lender MarketInvoice. 


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking corresponent, David Crow, banking editor,  Arash Massoudi, corporate finance editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Anil Stocker, chief executive of MarketInvoice. Producer: Fiona Symon


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    22 min
  • Wells Fargo, US bank results and UK Open Banking one year on

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss whether US bank Wells Fargo has been able to put a series of scandals behind it, US bank results and the UK’s Open Banking regime one year on. With special guest Tim Sloan, chief executive of Wells Fargo.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent and Tim Sloan, chief executive of Wells Fargo. Producer: Fiona Symon


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    14 min
  • Contactless payments, Barclays battles and predictions for 2019

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the rise of contactless payments in the US, Edward Bramson's battle to shake things up at Barclays and predictions for global banks and the financial services industry in 2019. With special guest Ronit Ghose, Global Sector Head for Banks in Citi Research.


    Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor and  Ronit Ghose, Global Sector Head for Banks in Citi Research. Producer: Fiona Symon 


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    19 min

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