Category Archives: G20

If Bill Gates can do it, why can’t we?

Over 2.5 billion adults do not have a formal savings account. Banking them is an enormous responsibility – and opportunity – for us, the world’s savings and retail banks. Thus on 11 May, wrapping up the 2012 WSBI Congress in … Continue reading

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Emulating William Tell: Will the G20 tackle the financial crisis without harming the retail banking model?

Legend has it that William Tell was a crack shot. Forced to shoot an apple off his son’s head, he did just that, avoiding execution and gaining his freedom, without harming a hair on his son’s head. Can regulators do … Continue reading

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