Inquiry slug-fest drags on
Gary Gibbon blogs on who the Treasury select committee may want to call to explain themselves.
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Gary Gibbon blogs on who the Treasury select committee may want to call to explain themselves.
The reputation of the British Bankers Association has been brought low; the credibility of that agreed interest rate the Libor, has been traduced; the reputations of the mega forces at the top of British banking are on the floor; and confidence in the regulatory forces at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Bank of England are also in question, writes Jon Snow.
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond tells MPs he did not believe he was “instructed” by the Bank of England to submit lower borrowing rates during the 2008 financial crisis.
With former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond appearing in front of MPs later, Channel 4 News looks at the questions he is likely to be asked.
On a day when it’s pretty clear that the authorities asserted dominion over our banking system, I was invited atop the Canary Wharf tower that houses Barclays to speak to its now un-resigned executive chairman Marcus Agius. He is not prone to lengthy answers, but I think much of what he does and does not say is rather telling.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs about the government’s plans for a banking inquiry
The email from Bob Diamond to fellow Barclays bosses raises serious questions for the Bank of England’s Paul Tucker, seen by many as the heir apparent to Mervyn King. Gary Gibbon blogs about the latest development in the Libor scandal.
Following the resignation of Bob Diamond in the midst of the bank lending scandal , Barclays releases a memo of a phone conversation between Mr Diamond and Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker.
As applications to ethical banking rise following a bad week for the big five banks, Channel 4 News looks at the alternatives to high street banking.
As Bob Diamond resigns as chief executive of Barclays, Channel 4 News charts the career of a top financier who once famously said that the “period of remorse” for banks was over.
Prime Minister David Cameron reveals a full parliamentary committee of inquiry, chaired by Treasury select committee chairman Andrew Tyrie, will be set up in the wake of the Libor scandal.
As David Cameron raises the prospect of a referendum on the EU, Channel 4 News looks at how Britain’s relationship with the continent may change.
Ministers order an urgent review of the Libor bank rate after it emerged Barclays had tried to manipulate it. But Labour’s Ed Miliband calls for a full-scale independent inquiry into banking culture.
“A bizarre document the tone of which is near-panic,” Alex Thomson reviews the Scottish Football League’s proposals for Rangers’ future in Scottish football.
A surprise deal between eurozone countries is struck at a Brussels summit allowing bail-outs to directly support distressed banks, rather than making national governments taking on the burden.