Branch closures and graveyard pop-ups show customers are an afterthought for banks

Branch closures and graveyard pop-ups show customers are an afterthought for banks

In many ways, it’s the never-ending troubles of Metro that cast the greatest shadow over traditional banking. Boss Daniel Frumkin insists it remains “committed to stores and the high street” following a £925m rescue led by Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal but in the same breath he says the company “will transition to a more … Read more

Rudderless EY gripped by soul searching as private equity circles

Rudderless EY gripped by soul searching as private equity circles

The Americans were concerned that the split would leave either one side or the other with less in-house expertise on a vitally important (and highly lucrative) topic: tax. Boland abruptly announced in April that she was shelving work on the demerger, following opposition from other US partners, in a move that stunned international colleagues and … Read more