Money talks: Deutsche's dilemma
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🗓️ 4 October 2016
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again. |
| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello I'm Simon Long, the finance editor, and you're listening to Money Talks. This week, what's wrong with Deutsche Bank? |
| 0:31.0 | Deutsche's in a real squeeze. It's hard to see how it can become profitable. |
| 0:34.7 | Microfinance makes a comeback. |
| 0:36.6 | Very oddly, in the last few years, microfinance or microlending more specifically has really boomed. |
| 0:44.0 | And Norway's sovereign wealth fund sets an example for the world. |
| 0:48.0 | It's professionally done, it's run quite frugally, you don't have very highly paid managers. |
| 0:55.0 | But first, last week, Deutsche Banks' shares dropped to a 30-year low |
| 0:59.7 | over concerns about the impact of the demand from the US Department of Justice for a $14 billion |
| 1:05.0 | fine for misselling mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis. |
| 1:10.0 | But pressure on the shares has eased on rumors that Deutsche might settle with the DOJ for a lot less. |
| 1:16.0 | Here with me to discuss how Deutsche might move forward is our banking editor Patrick Lane. |
| 1:21.0 | Hello Patrick. |
| 1:22.0 | Hello, Sir. Hello, Simon. |
| 1:23.0 | The talk is of a settlement of around $5 billion. |
| 1:26.2 | That's a huge markdown. |
| 1:28.5 | Is that sort of reduction really possible? |
| 1:30.5 | Well, it is, judging by what's been reported about what happened with American banks, who have |
| 1:35.8 | been through the same excruciating process with the DOJ already, it is thought that Goldman |
| 1:41.0 | Sachs was asked for $15 dollars before settling for five and Citigroup |
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