BofA loses market share, RBS rebuilds trust and Barclays launches US digital service

BofA loses market share, RBS rebuilds trust and Barclays launches US digital service

Author: Financial Times October 16, 2018 Duration: 16:32

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Bank of America's struggling M&A franchise, the Royal Bank of Scotland's recovery ten years after it was bailed out by the British government, and Barclays' decision to get into online banking in the US.


Contrubutors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Special guest: Ross McEwan, chief executive of RBS. Producer: Fiona Symon


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