Bad Banks: Greed, Incompetence and the Next Global Crisis

The inside story of the continuing global banking crisis.
     
Written by an award-winning financial journalist, Bad Banks is an unflinching and gripping account of the problems and scandals that continue to bedevil the world's banking system some five years after the credit crunch. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of individual banks, from RBS to Lloyds. It exposes instances of misselling, money laundering, interest rate fixing and incompetence. And it considers the bigger picture: how the failings of the world's banking system are threatening to undermine our future economic security. Alex Brummer, the City Editor of the Daily Mail, has spoken to all the major players, from HBOS's Andy Hornby, to former Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King, to the ex-Greek permier Lucas Papademos. His book is an insightful -- and terrifying -- account of institutions once renowned for their probity, now all too often a byword for incompetence, and worse.

ALEX BRUMMER is one of the UK's leading financial journalists and commentators. After a long and successful stint at the Guardian he moved to be City Editor of the Daily Mail in 2000. He has won prizes as both a foreign correspondent and economics writer, awards received including Business Journalist of the Year 2006, Newspaper Journalist 2002 and Best City Journalist 2000.