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Money Talks from The Economist

Money talks: Stressed out banks

Money Talks from The Economist

The Economist

News, Business, Economy, Finance & Economics, Business News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

On this show we focus on vulnerabilities in the banking sector. Kevin Rodgers, author of Why Aren't They Shouting?, tells us why the technological advances that were once a boon for finance are now a source of instability. And our finance correspondent discusses the latest round of stress tests on Europe's banks and why they ignore potential perils. Andrew Palmer hosts.

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0:00.0

They're not authors, but they help you shape your financial story.

0:04.0

They're not an airline, but they connect global businesses across nearly 160 local markets.

0:10.0

They're not interpreters that they listen to and understand their client's needs.

0:14.8

With global expertise and over two centuries of experience, Citi provides tools, insights and

0:20.8

guidance that helps clients thrive.

0:23.0

They're not just any bank.

0:25.0

They are city.

0:27.0

Learn more at city.com slash we are city.

0:30.0

Hello I'm Andrew Popp. City. banks. Kevin Rogers, author of a new book on the rise of technology in banking, tells us why automation is making the financial sector more unstable.

0:48.0

The destabilizing force of technology that caused such problems in my opinion leading up to

0:54.0

97 98 and 2007 2008 can't be stopped and after last week stress test results in

1:00.6

Europe do they tell us anything useful? Our finance correspondent gives us his view.

1:05.2

What we should really be worried about is the detrimental long-term effects of these low

1:09.0

interest rates staying low for a very long time and net interest margins remaining very narrow.

1:14.0

First though we explore how the world of high stakes finance went from this

1:19.0

to this.

1:24.0

Kevin Rogers has been a banker for over 20 years, most of it spent at Deutsche Bank.

1:30.0

While there he witnessed the rapid rise of automation in foreign exchange markets as super fast computers

1:35.6

gradually made traditional middlemen obsolete.

1:38.6

In a new book, Why Aren't They Shouting, a banker's tale of change, computers and perpetual crisis?

1:44.6

He looks back on that transformation through the lens of the 2008 financial crash.

1:49.8

Kevin, thanks for coming in.

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