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RPT-FEATURE-Politicians also to blame for crisis, say bankers
System had political architects, bankers believe
* Politicians “encouraged” people to borrow
* Public anger brewing for some time
By Laurence Fletcher
LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) – Bankers may rank below journalists among the professions least trusted by Britons, but they refuse to accept all the blame for the worst financial crisis in 70 years.
Conceding they have done their [...]
UK regulator to launch bank probe-newspaper report
LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) – Britain’s financial market regulator is to conduct an investigation into the events which led to last year’s government rescue of some of the country’s leading banks, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
In October last year, the government announced it would provide up to 37 billion pounds ($54.50 billion) of taxpayers’ [...]
Muslim woman manager sues UK bank for sex, race discrimination
London, Jan 3 (ANI): A Muslim woman bank manager has claimed that her bosses accused her of having sex with a client, and suggested that cleaning was women’s work. She has launched a sex discrimination claim against Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) for up to one million pounds.
Mona Awad, a married 29-year-old corporate manager at [...]
