Ft Banking Weekly

Martin Arnold and guests discuss why the banking sector has been gripped by investor anxiety and Citigroup's attempt to exempt its top London executives from new accountability rules in the UK. Ben McLannahan talks to Johannes Stroebel of the NYU Stern school of business about why quantitative easing and negative interest rates are ineffective at boosting lending.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss distress across the banking sector, HSBC's deliberations on where its headquarters should be, and Ben MacLannahan asks Phil Angelides, former head of the financial crisis inquiry commission in the US, about his call for bankers responsible for wrongdoing to be brought to justice.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins discusses the culture of banks and what UBS's quarterly results say about volatility in the banking system with Laura Noonan and Jessica Ground of Schroders, and Ben McLannahan talks to Jared Hecht, head of the New York-based online lending platform Fundera.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and the FT banking team interview Andrew Bailey just ahead of his appointment as the new head of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, look ahead to the European banks' upcoming results on the heels of early bad news from Deutsche Bank, and talk to Brian Foran, an analyst at Autonomous, about the US bank results and what they tell us about about earnings prospects.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and colleagues discuss the latest trends in bankers' bonuses, jitters in bank bond makets and a review of quarterly bank results in the US. This week's special guest is Philippe Bodereau, a portfolio manager at Pimco.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the controversy over the UK regulator's decision to drop a review into bank culture, with special guest, the Labour MP and Treasury select committee member John Mann, and how difficulties at Unicredit, Italy's biggest bank, reflect broader problems with European banking. And in New York, Ben McLannahan interviews Dan Egan of Betterment, the leading independent 'robo-advisor'.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests look at the big themes of the coming year, from the latest EU plan to bail in banks' bondholders, to how banks are tackling competition from the technology sector and how the regulatory climate is easing in the UK  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests review the year in banking, discussing the softening of the regulatory climate, the privatisation drive and leadership changes in European banks and the moment when the industry began to take fintech seriously.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss innovation in SME lending in the UK and US accusations that Credit Suisse misled investors, and Ben McLannahan discusses the failings of Morgan Stanley's fixed income business with CLSA bank analyst Mike Mayo.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the Bank of England's latest stress test results, the crisis at Brazil's BTG Pactual after the arrest of its chief executive and the health of online lenders in the US.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss new trading capital rules and Spanish bank BBVA's entry into the UK market, and Ben McLannahan interviews the head of the US investment banking arm of the Japanese lender MUFG about its expansion plans in the US.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins talks to David Roberts, Nationwide chairman, about the UK building society's choice of Joe Garner as chief executive, and discusses the upheaval in bank research and the next phase of Applepay's payments technology with colleagues Martin Arnold, Emma Dunkley and Laura Noonan.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Since the financial crisis new lenders have stepped in to provide businesses with funding once provided by the big banks.Can the challengers disrupt the dominance of the incumbents? Emma Dunkley puts the question to Paul Lynam, chief executive of Secure Trust and Rhydian Lewis, chief executive of Rate Setter.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the lobby group City UK's agenda for making London more competitive, the Financial Stability Board's latest bank capital measure and a change in hiring practices by Goldman Sachs.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and Martin Arnold discuss the highlights of this week's FT banking summit in London, including reflections by Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, on how to fix the eurozone, a prediction on the future of digital currencies and what direction peer to peer lending will take next.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martin Arnold and guests discuss the shortage of tech experts on bank boards, Deutsche Bank's IT overhaul, RBS's decision to adopt Facebook at Work and the industry's exposure to the oil and gas slump.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the third quarter earnings of US banks, Deutsche Bank's management clear-out, and what the planned combination of Visa and Visa Europe means for the banks that use them.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Barclays’ choice of new chief executive, whether the UK regulator is watering down the idea of ringfencing, and Credit Suisse’s preparations to raise capital.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martin Arnold and guests discuss the European Commission plan to create a capital markets Union to make it easier for businesses to access financial markets, why some countries, including the UK and India, are pushing foreign banks to set up separately capitalised subsidiaries, and the UK government's plan to sell the last chunk of its shares in Lloyds.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UK mortgage data and whether it has returned to danger territory, the latest on the Barclays Qatar probe and US bank CEO news.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.