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The banking team has the latest on Russia where the central bank hiked interest rates in response to falls in the Rouble and the stock market amid fears of international sanctions against the country. Also on this week's show is un update on restructuring at RBS, where Ross McEwan says he will have to drastically downsize RBS' US investment arm in order to duck below the $50bn assets threshold that would see the bank subject to new regulations. Finally, bankers' bonuses are back on the agenda as evidence mounts that Parliamentary recommendations on bonus deferral terms are not being met. Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, banking editor, Sam Fleming and Daniel Schäfer
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The banking team discusses the varying fortunes of HSBC and RBS, the latest spat between the EU and Greece over the treatment of the Greek banking system, and Deutsche Bank reveals some details about how it will cope with the new obligation for foreign banks operating in the United States to have a US holding companies. Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold,banking editor; Sam Fleming, financial policy correspondent; Daniel Schäfer, investment banking correspondent, and Peter Spiegel, Brussels bureau chief.
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Martin Arnold, banking editor, is joined by Sharlene Goff to dissect diverging fortunes of Barclays and its staff, where pay has far oustripped performance. Daniel Schäfer has new insight into the methods used by traders at banks embroiled in the Forex scandal, and Sam Fleming explains why Lloyds is hot under the collar over proposed ringfencing measures
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Sharlene Goff has the latest on leaks and breaches at Barclays, as the bank loses 27,000 customers' data, and 2013 profits emerge a day early. Sam Fleming reports that Daniele Nouy, the new head of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, will let weak Eurozone banks die, and Patrick Jenkins is joined over the phone by Simon Rabinovitch, Shanghai correspondent, for news that the Chinese Development Bank is squeezing some of its foreign clients as domestic monetary conditions tighten
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The banking team is joined by former Liikanen committee member Marco Mazzucchelli to discuss the latest on structural reform to European banks, and Sam Fleming explains the scenarios set out by the European Banking Authority for its upcoming stress tests. Daniel Schäfer has news of Bank of America's $8.5bn payout over mortgage mis-selling, and Martin Arnold sheds light on Lloyds' profit warnings and dividend problem
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The banking team dissects Davos, including Mark Carney's about turn on forward guidance, discusses Credit Suisse's move to offer a wipeout bond as a bonus, and questions British banks' IT systems as Lloyds falls victim to the latest failure
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Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, is joined by Daniel Schäfer for news of the challenges facing Deutsche Bank in 2014, where weak fixed income trading and high litigation costs have brought about a substantial profit warning. Sharlene Goff outlines Ed Miliband's aggressive plans to break up the big four UK retail banks, and Martin Arnold, the new banking editor, looks ahead to Davos where banking heavyweights will be hoping for a scandal-free 2014 and time to focus on growth
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sam Fleming for news that banks have won concessions on Basel III debt rules. Sharlene Goff makes sense of the departures at Stan Chart as share prices falter, and Daniel Schäfer looks at the US banks suffering reduced profits as fines hit the results of JPMorgan and BoA.
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In the first podcast of 2014 the banking team looks ahead to the introduction of the new bonus cap, continued fallout from scandals and new regulatory measures on either side of the Atlantic. Patrick Jenkins is joined by Alex Barker, EU correspondent, for the latest draft proposal on risky trading and bank splits. Sharlene Goff discusses European Banking Authority stress testing, the bonus cap and the ongoing forex manipulation, misselling and interest rate swap scandals.
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Daniel Schafer and Sam Fleming to discuss how the Volcker Rule could impact upon banks either side of the Atlantic. Sharlene Goff has news of the latest fines for part-nationalised banks RBS and Lloyds, and looks at how Ireland's exit from European bailout status could affect the Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish.
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