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FT Banking Weekly

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The Financial Times banking team discusses the biggest banking stories of the week, bringing you global insight and commentary on the top issues concerning this sector. To take part in the show or to comment please email audio@ft.com

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Episodes

Deutsche Bank overhaul, challenger banks and Citigroup

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss how the overhaul at Deutsche Bank is going, catch up with the challenges facing challenger banks and look at why Citigroup is coming under pressure to restructure. With special guest Mark Mullen, chief executive of Atom Bank Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producers: Andrew Georgiades and Fio...

Jul 30, 201916 min

RBS succession, Goldman's consumer arm and Ukraine's PrivatBank

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss a surprise candidate to succeed Ross McEwan as head of Royal Bank of Scotland, Goldman Sachs's nascent Marcus brand and Igor Kolomoisky's bid to reverse the nationalisation of Ukraine's PrivatBank. With special guest Harit Talwar of Goldman Sachs. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 23, 201918 min

Citigroup results, Standard Chartered's pay revolt and money laundering outlook

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Citigroup's results tell us about the US bank earnings season, Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' defiant response to investor criticism of his pay packet, and how banks are tackling the problem of money laundering, With special guest Brandon Daniels of Exiger Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US banking editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon Ho...

Jul 16, 201919 min

Deutsche Bank overhaul, Orcel's Santander lawsuit and Dublin's banking ambitions

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Deutsche Bank's radical overhaul, Andrea Orcel's lawsuit against Santander and Ireland's plans to expand Dublin as a financial centre. With special guest Michael D'Arcy, Irish financial services minister. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt financial correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 09, 201917 min

Insider trading trial, HSBC and Huawei and Credit Suisse tax dispute

Patrick Jenkins discusses the Financial Conduct Authority's latest insider trading case and what it tells us about how market abuses are being tackled, why HSBC is on the defensive in China, and why Credit Suisse is suing the UK tax authorities.With special guest Mark Steward, Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight for the Financial Conduct Authority. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, and James ...

Jul 02, 201921 min

Lloyds' offshore banking problem, Facebook's Libra and US stress tests

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Lloyds Bank and its offshore banking problems, the latest on the regulatory tests facing Facebook's Libra initiative, and how banks have fared in this year's US Fed stress tests. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Hannah Murphy, technology correspondent, and Kiran Stacey, US regulatory correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 25, 201912 min

UBS's 'Swinegate', Deutsche's bad bank and Facebook's digital currency

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UBS's cultural faux pas in China, Deutsche Bank's plan to set up a 'bad bank' and Facebook's bid to shake up the payments world. With special guest Jan Kvarnström, bank restructuring expert. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Don Weinland, Beijing financial correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent and Elaine Moore, deputy head of Lex...

Jun 18, 201919 min

Money laundering in Europe, China's bad debts and why bankers love running

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss why new powers given to Europe’s banking watchdog may not be enough to stem the tide of dirty money sweeping through the bloc, a potential bad-debt build up in China's banking system, and why so many bankers in New York seem to love running. With special guest José Manuel Campa, chairman of the European Banking Authority. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Don Weinland, Beijing financial corresp...

Jun 11, 201916 min

Paris special on European banking

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the future of European banking post Brexit on the sidelines of the FT's first Banking and Finance Conference in Paris, plus the latest on separate initiatives by Facebook and by a group of 13 banks to explore the potential for bitcoin transactions. With special guests: François Villeroy de Galhau, Banque de France governor, Claire Woodman of Morgan Stanley and Luigi Rizzo of Bank of America Merril Lynch. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline...

Jun 04, 201925 min

Deutsche Bank cuts, UBS strategy and Lendy goes under

Stephen Morris and guests discuss the potential departure of Deutsche Bank's Garth Ritchie, head of the corporate investment bank, over planned cuts, a strategic rethink at UBS, and the collapse of UK peer-to-peer lender Lendy. Contributors: Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt financial correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 28, 201922 min

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...

May 21, 201914 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 ac...

May 14, 201915 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....

May 07, 201911 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 professo...

Apr 30, 201917 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 o...

Apr 23, 201915 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 Ho...

Apr 16, 201919 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....

Apr 09, 201910 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.c...

Apr 02, 201919 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 S...

Mar 26, 201917 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, Stephe...

Mar 19, 201918 min

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 corr...

Mar 12, 201923 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 H...

Mar 05, 201917 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 S...

Feb 26, 201913 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 corresp...

Feb 19, 201917 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 correspond...

Feb 12, 201918 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 05, 201912 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 Crof...

Jan 29, 201919 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 MarketInvo...

Jan 22, 201922 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 Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Jan 15, 201914 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 Gho...

Jan 08, 201918 min
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