Friday 19 November 2010


Ireland


Allied Irish says it's lost 17 percent of deposits:

Allied Irish Banks says it has lost a staggering euro13 billion ($18 billion), or 17 percent, of its total deposit base since June in the latest evidence of cash flight from Ireland's debt-crippled banking sector.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JJ9E601.htm


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In case you missed it: Real IRA says it will target UK bankers:

Exclusive: Republican terror group vows to resume mainland attacks with banks and bankers now potential targets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/sep/14/real-ira-targets-banks-bankers


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Ireland overestimating bank credit losses -Goldman: -


Ireland's National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) may have overestimated the scale of the country's banking problem and the government may end up overcapitalising the sector, investment bank Goldman Sachs said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6AI1IY20101119