TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brummer,Alex
TI  - Bad Banks: greed, imcompetence and the next global crisis
SN  - 9781847941138
AV  - HG 1656 B893b 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Random House Bussines Books
KW  - Banks and banking
KW  - Corrupt practices
KW  - Banks and banking, International
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
KW  - Bancos y bancas
KW  - Prácticas corruptas
KW  - Bancos y bancas internacionales
KW  - Aspectos moral y ética
KW  - Crisis global financiera, 2008-2009
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.309-313) and index; The crystal methodist: crisis at the co-op-- The long shadow of 9/11: global banking's slide to disaster--  International rescue: the Anglo-Saxon response-- International rescue: the European response-- An unchanging culture: banking after the crash-- Fixing the market: libor and interest-Rate Rigging-- The perils of global banking: money laundering-- Mis-selling in the high street: PPI and other scandals-- The enforcers: The struggle to create a new fiancial world-- Banking conundrums: five key questions
N2  - Bad Banks is a gripping account of the problems and scandals that continue to bedevil the world's banking system some seven years after the credit crunch. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of individual banks, from RBS to Lloyds. It exposes instances of mis-selling, money laundering, interest rate fixing and incompetence. And it considers the bigger picture: how the failings of the world's banking system are threatening to undermine our future economic security. Alex Brummer, the City Editor of the Daily Mail, has had access to all the major players, from HBOS' Andy Hornby, to former Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King, to the ex-Chief Executive of Barclays, Bob Diamond, to Lloyds' Antonio Horta-Osorio. His book is an insightful - and terrifying - account of institutions once renowned for their probity, but now all too often a byword for incompetence, and worse
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