UK Banks

British Government Will Separate Banks Into High-Risk, Low-Risk Sections

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 08.15.2011

LONDON — The British government intends to force banks to separate their retail operations from their more volatile investment banking, and it i...

European Banks Up To Their Eyeballs In Leverage

Fortune | Colin Barr | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Leverage, the menace that helped bring down some of the biggest names on Wall Street, is now threatening the health of big banks...