In January 2012, Royal Bank of Scotland's former chief executive Fred Goodwin had his knighthood removed because of his role in the bank's near-collapse in 2008.
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The book gives us a glimpse into the greed and misjudgements of the people in charge that led to Lehman's spectacular demise and the far-reaching consequences of the bank's collapse.
And, of course, because of the interconnected nature of the banking systems - with banks lending to each other - the collapse of a big bank in that way would wreak significant harm on contiguous banks.
The weekend's unprecedented upheaval--culminating Sunday night in the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America--bared the Achilles heel of the industry: Brokers finance their daily operations using funding that is apt to disappear quickly and with little warning.
The near collapse of the Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is the event that focused the minds of eurozone leaders on the urgency of putting in place a comprehensive plan to strengthen European banks in general.
Nada insists money did not go to terrorist organizations, tying the bank's collapse to large losses during the mid-1990s Southeast Asian economic slump.
It was drawn up in the midst of the financial crisis in 2008, following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers and multi-billion dollar rescue of insurance giant American International Group (AIG).
If the Bank of England stops QE entirely, the credit-growth rate could collapse.
It took the collapse of Lehman's investment bank and a world recession - a year later - to demonstrate that.
The World Bank said on June 22nd that world-trade volumes, reeling from a drastic collapse in global demand (see chart), will shrink by nearly 10% this year.
Kabul Bank's founder and its former chairman Sherkhan Farnood and ex-CEO Khalilullah Ferozi are among several people charged in connection with the bank's collapse.
He pointed out that the boss of Lehman Brothers had held an extremely large holding of the investment bank's shares - but had still allowed the risk-taking that led to its collapse.
The Newcastle-based bank had been regarded as one of the most reputable mortgage lenders until the collapse of its business model, which had relied mainly on the wholesale money markets to fund its mortgages, instead of deposits.
The repercussions in Britain of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an American investment bank, and of various now-bust Icelandic banks that operated in Britain, have shown the weakness of relying on home-country supervisors: those institutions' national interests led them to pull their assets from Britain, though their British obligations remained.
Last year he was the head of the country's second-largest bank, Laiki, whose performance was a major factor in Cyprus' near financial collapse.
Founded as a financial computer-services provider in 1988, ACS for the first few years focused on processing bank transactions, but the collapse of the Texas banking industry eliminated many of its customers.
But the man who had been expected to succeed him, Jean-Claude Trichet, governor of the French central bank, is caught up in a trial relating to the collapse of one of France's largest banks.
If the Spanish political elite - both main parties were implicated in the mismanagement of the cajas - thinks it can get away with things as normal, covering up the shocking collapse of a bank built on political patronage, then the Germans intend the Greek example to be a salutary lesson.
In a significant U-turn, the European Central Bank (ECB) has reportedly proposed imposing losses on bondholders in Spanish banks that collapse.
It is highly resonant that the bank, whose collapse four years ago is associated in most people's minds with the onset of the 2007-8 financial crisis, should be privatised just as we face the moment of maximum danger of a second banking meltdown - this one emanating from the eurozone's turmoil.
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