Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
This is the week when many uk banks are revealing their first half figures, whether they've made a profit or a loss. On Monday this site published details of Barclays and HSBC
Yesterday Northern Rock announced their first half losses and today its been the turn of Lloyds banking group. The ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Finanacial campaigners have recently called upon the Treasury to stop Northern Rock from repossessing property so readily.
Charity group ‘Credit Action’ reported that the now nationalised lender was twice as likely to repossess homes than other lenders, and added that Northern Rock wasn’t being flexible enough in its approach to borrowers ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
It’s been reported recently that the HSBC banking group has experienced a 28% drop in profits so far in this trading year, which, as one of the country’s top four banks, is an indicator that the credit crunch is biting hard. Their profit on the first half of the year ...
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