Ft Banking Weekly

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 Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Fona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 stockbrokersContributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Rob Smith, capital markets correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 professor at Bonn University. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Barclays bonuses, Nomura's cutbacks and Revolut's rethinkPatrick 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 NomuraContributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Leo Lewis, Japan financial correspondent, and Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 BóContributors: David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Mark Bailie, chief executive of Bó. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Crow and guests discuss what the ECB thinks of the creation of national banking champions, the prospective merger between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, Fidelity National Information Services's $43bn acquisition of Worldpay, and the attempt by Goldman Sachs to boost the number of women in its senior ranks. With special guest Andrea Enria, chair of the European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism.Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Claire Jones, Frankfurt bureau chief, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Jonathan Guthrie, head of Lex and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UBS's treatment of its women employees in Switzerland, the return of the banking 'doom loop' and the prospects for a merger between Germany's two biggest banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. With special guest Katie Bennett, director of diversity and inclusion in PwC's consultancy practice.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Kate Allen, capital markets correspondent, and Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the prospects for a merger between Germany's two biggest banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, JPMorgan's revenue warning and the growing challenges facing the UK's fintech sector. With special guest Tom Merry of consultancy Accenture.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the variety of financial contingency plans UK banks have drawn up for Brexit, how Swedbank has become embroiled in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, and some good news for Italy's indebted banks. With special guest Marco Morelli, chief executive of Monte dei Paschi di Siena.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, David Crow, banking editor and Richard Milne, Nordics correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Crow and guests discuss how banks are preparing for Brexit, including Bank of America's costly European restructuring, Citigroup's property investment in London, as well as the bank's plans to replace some of its staff with AI and its long term commitment to China. With special guest Anne Finucane, vice chair of Bank of America.Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Deutsche Bank's latest funding round says about the broader bank financing market, the BB&T and SunTrust merger in the US and whether it heralds a new phase of M&A in US banking, and why Lloyds in the UK is hiring 700 new financial advisers. With special guest Michael Hünseler, head of credit portfolio management at Assenagon. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Rob Smith, capital markets corrrespondent and Michael Hünseler, head of credit portfolio management at Assenagon. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss why the bond and IPO markets went quiet at the start of the year, the results of Australia's inquiry into industry misconduct and the bear market in wealth management.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Jamie Smyth, Sydney correspondent and Alice Ross, wealth correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Metro Bank's prospects after a sharp fall in its shares following the disclosure that it had misreported its risk weighting, predictions from Davos and the trial of former Barclays chief executive John Varley and three senior colleagues in London.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Brooke Masters, comment editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Jane Croft, law courts correspondent and John Cronin, financial analyst at Goodbody stockbrokers, in Dublin  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss whether US bankers pay is too high, UBS's disappointing results, highlights from Davos and the decision by two high street banks to invest in UK-based lender MarketInvoice. Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking corresponent, David Crow, banking editor,  Arash Massoudi, corporate finance editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Anil Stocker, chief executive of MarketInvoice. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss whether US bank Wells Fargo has been able to put a series of scandals behind it, US bank results and the UK’s Open Banking regime one year on. With special guest Tim Sloan, chief executive of Wells Fargo.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US financial editor, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent and Tim Sloan, chief executive of Wells Fargo. Producer: Fiona Symon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the rise of contactless payments in the US, Edward Bramson's battle to shake things up at Barclays and predictions for global banks and the financial services industry in 2019. With special guest Ronit Ghose, Global Sector Head for Banks in Citi Research.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Laura Noonan, US banking editor and  Ronit Ghose, Global Sector Head for Banks in Citi Research. Producer: Fiona Symon   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.