Episodes
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss HSBC's cost-cutting drive, what to expect from next week's US bank results, and the departure of Vernon Hill from Metro Bank. With special guest Jordi Gual, chairman of Spain's CaixaBank Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Published 10/09/19
David Crow and guests discuss the scandal that has engulfed Credit Suisse, including the apparent suicide of a security consultant involved in a corporate espionage operation for the bank, US bank Wells Fargo's new chief executive, and the merits of the European Central Bank's interest rate policy. With special guest Jean Pierre Mustier, president of the European Banking Federation and chief executive of Italian bank UniCredit. Contributors: David Crow, Banking editor, Sam Jones,...
Published 10/01/19
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss RBS as Alison Rose, the first woman to lead one of the UK’s top banks, takes the helm, Iqbal Khan and the hiring spat between Credit Suisse and UBS, and the role of US investment banks in the failed WeWork IPO. With special guest John Cronin of Goodbody stockbrokers in Dublin. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor....
Published 09/24/19
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Facebook's recent talks with the world's central bankers on its plans for a digital currency, whether the UK's challenger banks can maintain their astonishing rate of expansion, and a potential scandal at JPMorgan as three of its metals traders are charged with market manipulation. With special guest Tom Merry, managing director at Accenture Strategy. All FT stories will be free to read on Wednesday September 18th when there will be a paywall freeze. Here...
Published 09/17/19
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the huge cost of the UK's PPI mis-selling scandal, the latest personnel changes at Goldman Sachs and growing unease about the role of Eurofi in shaping Europe's financial sector policy. With special guest Dominic Lindley, director of policy at the New City Agenda. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon For...
Published 09/10/19
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the outlook for the UK mortgage market, the reform of India's state-owned banks and leadership changes at UBS. With special guest Darren Cook, Mortgage Analytics Manager at Moneyfacts. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Benjamin Parkin, Mumbai correspondent, Alice Ross, wealth correspondent, and Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon For information regarding your...
Published 09/03/19
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...
Published 07/30/19
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 Talwa of Goldman Sachs. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 07/23/19
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...
Published 07/16/19
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 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 07/09/19
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...
Published 07/02/19
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 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 06/25/19
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...
Published 06/18/19
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...
Published 06/11/19
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,...
Published 06/04/19
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. 
Published 05/28/19
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...
Published 05/21/19
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
Published 05/14/19
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
Published 05/07/19
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...
Published 04/30/19
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
Published 04/23/19
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
Published 04/16/19
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.
Published 04/09/19
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
Published 04/02/19
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:...
Published 03/26/19