We are pleased to announce the next two events in our ‘Culture and Banking Standards’ lecture series looking at lessons the banking industry can draw from the culture of other institutions.
Blogged: Competition, Competition, Competition
If you haven’t had a chance to do so already, it really is worth skimming through the BBA’s report on Promoting Competition in the UK Banking Industry.
Archbishop on Banking Standards and Ethics
Many thanks to The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury for addressing the New City Agenda audience on the 17th June 2014, on the topic of Banking Standards and Ethics. Fresh from his meeting with Pope…
Thoughts on Sir Richard Lambert’s Lecture
During last Wednesday’s successful launch of New City Agenda, held in Parliament, Sir Richard Lambert delivered an insightful and thought-provoking lecture.
Can the City ever be good for Society?
Since the Financial Crash in 2008, the City has quite rightly received its fair share of criticism for what went wrong. There are simply no excuses for the pain and misery they have caused to millions of citizens in this country and Lord Adair Turner’s (as Chairman of the FSA) words in 2009 that “The City has grown too big and parts of it are “socially useless” seemed to strike a chord with the public at large. Meanwhile, the topic of bankers bonuses still makes the blood boil of ordinary citizens of this country and they struggle to comprehend why senior bankers didn’t go to prison for the crisis they caused.
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