Live podcast – ‘The Art of the Shred,’ with A Long time in Finance at The Library of Mistakes
It was a privilege to the guest on this live episode of the acclaimed podcast A Long Time In Finance […]
Royal Bank of Scotland
Make It Happen: Chancellor needs to learn from powerful new play about banking’s demise
Make It Happen satirises the RBS collapse of 2008. It’s too close to real life for comfort Within a few
“Banks – a confidence trick that works… most of the time” – at the Weekened of Mistakes in Hay-on-Wye
This was one of three sessions that I did on banking and financial “errors” at the Library of Mistakes’ inaugural
Talkin’ about a revolution with Anthony Fatseas on WTFinance
I think this is one of the best interviews I have given on Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke
“Spank The Banker” post-film chat
I was a guest alongside the economist and former MP and former member of the Treasury Committee George Kerevan, the
Master Criminals of the Universe: review of Anastasia Nesvetailova and Ronen Palan’s ‘Sabotage’
Sitting in a white leather armchair at a hustings event in June last year, Boris Johnson bragged that he had,
The state of British banking on Renegade Inc, with Ross Aschcroft
It was a pleasure to appear alongside the former Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police, Anthony Stansfeld on
As Ross McEwan steps down as RBS CEO, Ian Fraser assesses the health of the bank he leaves behind
In light of the resignation of Ross McEwan, Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Ian Fraser — author
Their greed cost us £45bn and left us on the brink of anarchy. So will RBS ever be able to pay us back?
Chancellor Alistair Darling was in Luxembourg for a meeting of European finance ministers when he was called out of the
Royal Bank of Scotland: pain and punishment on the road to recovery
As the Treasury turns its attention to selling the taxpayers’ stake in Royal Bank of Scotland , IAN FRASER assesses
Lifestyle that means never having to say you’re sorry…
While RBS recruits graduates on £2,700 a year [in India], former boss Fred the Shred is currently managing on £342,500
Open banking fails to get consumer buy in
The UK’s open banking revolution got off to a somewhat slow and shaky start. Consumers remain largely in the dark,
RBS executives still don’t get it
Now fat cats get bonuses of up to £30k… to probe scandal that unfolded on their watch Royal Bank of
After latest signature forgery scandal, could a court write off customers’ RBS debts?
THE very idea of an established bank actively training staff members to forge customer signatures ought to be preposterous. Even
Carillion was a form of Ponzi scheme
In this, my second interview with Kam Sandhu of Real Media, I was asked about the collapse of the construction
This is what RBS / NatWest did to small firms through its notorious Global Restructuring Group
In this interview with Kam Sandhu of Real Media, I spoke about RBS / NatWest’s infamous Global Restructuring Group. The
Vandalism, say the unions – but there’s little hope of a u-turn
To many of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s customers and staff, and to the taxpayers who bailed it out nine years ago, it
Ultimate betrayal after UK taxpayers gave RBS £45bn
To the Royal Bank of Scotland’s employees, and indeed to many other inhabitants of these islands, it seems the ultimate
Veil drawn over another painful episode as RBS settles with investors
It has been one of the longest, most tortuous and expensive legal processes in British history, taking nine years and
RBS: Fred Goodwin’s long, winding road to court finally ends with sensational trial
It promises to be one of the most sensational trials of recent times. On Monday 22 May, after eight years
Banking: RBS ‘Dash for Cash’ scandal: 500 firms suing bank turn anger on regulator
A GROUP of almost 500 businesses suing the Royal Bank of Scotland for allegedly destroying their firms and seizing