Banking Weekly

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss first quarter results as bumper numbers from the US banks set the tone for the rest of the world, Deutsche Bank's upcoming strategic review and libor settlement, and Friday's HSBC annual general meeting.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what JP Morgan's first quarter results tell us to expect about further results across Wall Street, the shrinking of GE capital, the financial division of General Electric, and the first conviction for tax evasion resulting from HSBC's Swiss private banking scandal.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Laura Noonan, Emma Dunkley and Christian Oliver to look at the row over deferred tax assets that is brewing in Europe, falling UK bank bonuses and the flotation of another UK small business lender Shawbrook.

Martin Arnold discusses the Bank of England's new stress tests scenario, whether the universal banking model is dead, and investment banks' strong first quarter results, with Laura Noonan, Caroline Binham, Oliver Ralph and Rob Smith, banking risk director at KPMG.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Caroline Binham and Bartlett Naylor of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, to discuss the Bank of America as it comes under sustained pressure to change the way it manages itself, the new UK payments regulators and the latest US rejection of the living wills of European banks.

Patrick Jenkins and colleagues discuss why two European banks failed the US stress tests, the planned acquisition of TSB in the UK by Spain's Sabadell and new City watchdog chief Tracey McDermott's debut interview with the FT. They are joined by Andrew Lowe, analyst at Berenberg Bank.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold and Emma Dunkley to discuss the decision to appoint insurance executive Tidjane Thiam as the new head of Credit Suisse, the conduct fine against Germany's Commerzbank, and the flotation of UK small business lender Aldermore.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Emma Dunkley, Laura Noonan and Tom Gosling of PwC to talk about what the European banking authority is saying about allowances at a time when bank bosses seem to be more inclined to take their bonuses, Lloyds bank's decision to resume dividend payments and next week's US stress tests.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Daniele Nouy, head of the ECB's supervisory wing, as well as Caroline Binham and Martin Arnold to discuss the ECB's views of the Greek banking system, the UK 's new plans for regulating senior managers and the continuing difficulties at HSBC.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Caroline Binham, Harriet Agnew, Laura Noonan and William Wright, founder and managing director of think tank New Financial, to discuss HSBC and the damage caused by the latest Swiss private banking scandal, asset manager pay, and the planned takeover of Portugal's BPI by Spain's Caixabank

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Laura Noonan and George Dallas, policy director of the International Corporate Governance Network, to discuss the revelations about HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland, UBS's mixed results and troubles at Austria's Raiffeisen bank.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Emma Dunkley and David Parker, managing director in the financial services practice at Accenture to discuss the democratisation of finance, the impact of the new Greek government on the country's banking sector, and structural reform in Europe.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Emma Dunkley, Robbin Wigglewsorth and James Chappell, banks analyst ar Berenberg, to discuss QE and whether it will be transmitted into the European economy as policymakers hope, a reflection on Davos and whether the latest peer to peer lending innovations are good news for the market and consumers.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Oliver Ralph and Harriet Agnew to discuss the Davos agenda, US banks and legal charges, and why the City of London is so bad at hiring top women.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Gabriel Wildau and Daragh Quinn, an analyst at Nomura, to discuss Banco Santander's successful capital raising, WeBank, the latest Chinese new banking launch, and the gloomy prospects for bonuses on Wall Street and in London.