Did we really need a research study to prove that they are? :-O

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/bankers-fail-honesty-test-according-to-swiss-researchers/story-e6frfmci-1227129203473

Cheers.

Did we really need a research study to prove that they are? :-O

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/bankers-fail-honesty-test-according-to-swiss-researchers/story-e6frfmci-1227129203473

Cheers.

Which are "the bankers"? Tellers? CEO's?

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Do they still have tellers in banks?

I havn't been into any in over decade now since they wanted to start charging just to see 1.

Cheers.

I'd best not post in this thread after this one... too much inside knowledge of a whole stinking edifice that has spread to auditors too... (number policeman! SNORT!!) Might end up offending someone (who IS in the sector and NOT dishonest) but as a general rule of thumb - dishonesty increases the higher the position and is inversely proportionate to prosecutions.

This doesn't help matters either...

EU dismisses UK challenge to cap banker's bonuses

...large brown envelopes involved!

At least the senate is trying to keep the bastards honest Wiggo . Poor old Clive Palmer his new party is crumbling and turning on him .

So much for Tony Abbott's clever politics of kicking Palmer out off the party so he could form a new one to help the lib's win

Now if only we can get rid off the Belgium ring in banker from the I.M.F and world bank out before he causes more trouble .

Mathias Cormann go back to Belgium and take your b/s ideas with you Ass.....

Yeh right we don't need comsumer protection from greedy bankers Cormann !

The Australian public has woken up ass.... F off back to Belgium

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Panorama should be interesting tonight.

RBS "Apologises" for incorrect evidence

Tyipical say sorry , slap on the rist and nothing , business as usual . Hope they tighten'd the laws over your way after the G.F.C

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Dishonest bankers?? Didn't know that existed... LOL!!

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Perhaps, bankers would appear to be more honest, if the (US) Fed. raised
the interest rate. For at least six years, those of us with modest savings
accounts have helped support the US/world economy (e.g., housing industry,
plus speculating in the market).

The economies can't function with higher interest rates? How come they did,
before the recession? What caused the recession -- high interest rates?

Please.

The economies can't function with higher interest rates? How come they did,
before the recession? What caused the recession -- high interest rates?

Books have been written on that subject, but it all comes down to the supply of money. Not just the quantity of script printed but how many times it turns over in a time period. the supply of money is defined by M x V. Policies which eased the requirements to purchase homes increased the velocity of the money hence we created more. This created a housing bubble which eventually collapsed and the world went into a recession. Higher interest rates reward saving and reduce the supply of money. The point behind the low interest rate is to increase the supply and demand for goods and services and hopefully put people back to work. IMO this has not worked as well as I would like to have seen because so much of this money has gone into the stock market and it is way up, a new bubble perhaps? To address that a new thread would be appropriate.

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Iu think that the reason inflation has stayed within the manageable range, in the
US, anyway, is due to automation. Having retired from the computer industry,
I have mixed views on the subject -- certainly, I don't favor either a
Luddite approach, or complete socialistic one, either. As Alan Greenspan
would say, it's a conundrum.

More meaningful jobs, are the order of things. But, how? I don't know.

Glad to see others are wondering the same it is starting to get on the high side betreger , but possibably not over heating yet , the Taxi drivers and mum's and dad's are not buying in yet so hold ya ground

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There has to be a reason why the largest buildings in most cities are the banks and insurance corporate offices.

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There has to be a reason why the largest buildings in most cities are the banks and insurance corporate offices.

They need the large buildings. Wherever would they have room for their Big Money otherwise?

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Well at least 1 couple got their own back on a bank.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/couple-wins-12-million-after-receiving-700-calls-from-bank-of-america/story-fnkjidjt-1227155221918

I bet that they don't have a mortgage anymore.

Cheers.

It's not only the bankers that need watching, but those "pesky" tax collectors as well...

HSBC helped clients dodge millions

..."HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was given the leaked data in 2010 and has identified 1,100 people who had not paid their taxes. But almost five years later, only one tax evader has been prosecuted.

But the chairwoman of the Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge MP, said: "I just don't think the tax authorities have been strong enough, assertive enough, brave enough, tough enough in securing for the British taxpayer the monies that are due.""

Jeebers woman! You want your bread buttered both sides with jam?

Banks have traditionally been grand imposing buildings to engender customer confidence. You wouldn't want to entrust your life savings to a bank that operated out of a portakabin down an alleyway!

& that makes them safe?

Where have you been for the last 7 years, Outer Mongolia?

Banks have traditionally been grand imposing buildings to engender customer confidence. You wouldn't want to entrust your life savings to a bank that operated out of a portakabin down an alleyway!

& that makes them safe?

Where have you been for the last 7 years, Outer Mongolia?

Of course it makes them safe. As we all know the opulence of the front office is inversely related to the basic financial solvency of any firm, not just banks.

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Banks have traditionally been grand imposing buildings to engender customer confidence. You wouldn't want to entrust your life savings to a bank that operated out of a portakabin down an alleyway!

& that makes them safe?

Where have you been for the last 7 years, Outer Mongolia?

Of course it makes them safe. As we all know the opulence of the front office is inversely related to the basic financial solvency of any firm, not just banks.

ROFLMAO.