UK bank brands steadily in decline

By Shane Schutte

The ‘Brand Finance Banking 500’, conducted by The Banker, is a league table of the world’s biggest banks, ranked by their brand value, has found that the UK’s banks collectively lost three per cent of their value this year.

Gemcom founder: “My bank went bust”

By Kate Bassett

What happens when your bank falls victim to the credit crunch” That’s exactly what happened to 38-year-old entrepreneur Gavin Millar last year, when Belgian behemoth Fortis became one of Europe’s largest casualties of the financial crisis.