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  • But analysts also expect him spell out the uncertainties he faces in achieving these goals – including international rules on how much capital banks must hold and the UK independent commission on banking's wish to see banks ring-fence their high street operations away from their investment activities.

    Lloyds strategic review puts up to 15,000 jobs at risk 2011

  • A year ago, the commission hauled some of banking's heaviest hitters into public hearings for questioning.

    Vampire Squid? Big Government? U.S. Crisis Reports Murky Nicole Hardesty 2011

  • Secrecy has been Swiss banking's unique selling point since 1934, and many bankers are nervous about competing with European and U.S. counterparts without this advantage.

    Swiss Banks Have to Come Clean Katharina Bart 2011

  • But analysts also expect him spell out the uncertainties he faces in achieving these goals – including international rules on how much capital banks must hold and the UK independent commission on banking's wish to see banks ring-fence their high street operations away from their investment activities.

    Lloyds strategic review puts up to 15,000 jobs at risk 2011

  • She points to banking's role as a major employer –1 million people and supporting a further 500,000 – and data showing the sector brings in £53bn in tax, 11.2% of the UK's total tax take.

    Stop the 'banker bashing', warns ex-Labour City minister 2011

  • The first is that there is no substitute for the human touch: For all banking's bells and whistles today, it is much the same business it was in Florentine Italy.

    A Conspiracy of Hunches Adrian Wooldridge 2011

  • Since President Barack Obama deprived Republicans of a chance to filet Ms. Warren as head of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by appointing her as an adviser instead, her opponents have been waiting for their shot at big banking's biggest enemy.

    Elizabeth Warren Is Not 'Making This Up' David Weidner 2011

  • Many of banking's "new" businesses -- trading, M&A advisory, brokerage -- were added because of a sense that traditional commercial banking was not profitable enough for shareholders.

    Robert Teitelman: Tyler Cowen Tackles the Big-bank Problem Robert Teitelman 2012

  • The first is that there is no substitute for the human touch: For all banking's bells and whistles today, it is much the same business it was in Florentine Italy.

    A Conspiracy of Hunches Adrian Wooldridge 2011

  • The intended consequence of all this is to change banking's pay culture by making a lot more people more accountable, says a top official, and let it filter down through an organization over time.

    Toward a New Currency of 'Low Risk' Dennis K. Berman 2011

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