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| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 01/07/2012 : 11:25:08
Greedy bast@rds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18663470
Its a fecking joke don't know how they can sleep at night.
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| Yard |
Posted - 05/07/2012 : 11:51:27
I am thinking of shifting my accounts to the Co-op as each time I speak with them they are always so polite and helpful.
This is not due to my banks messing me about unless you call messing about pushing endless buttons only to end up in Manilla with an American speaking assistant as with BT or an American speaking assistant in Salt Lake City,Utah to check Barclaycard transactions are correctly destroyed all for £90 per year for a 2 minute phone call to fund his 6 wives?
Profits come well before customer care. |
| mully |
Posted - 05/07/2012 : 09:51:41
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Originally posted by dwpaddy
quote:
Originally posted by mully
Latest bit of double-talk from the Ulster Bank :
"We now expect that next week (commencing 9 July) will be the final week of any significant delays for Ulster Bank customers. We expect gradual, but significant and noticeable improvements throughout the remainder of this week and next. It is our expectation that by the week of the 16 July the vast majority of customers will return to a normal service."
Christ but I hate that kind of bull5h1t "statement" that means absolutely nothing and gives no information.
Stephen
So will you take action by changing banks as soon as possible??
I shall indeed take my overdraft elsewhere. 
They're going to lose a hell of a lot of business because of this debacle. Friends and neighbours of mine, good decent working folk with their own small business, bank with the UB and are on the point of folding. We're not too badly off, we can manage for a little while, but I say again, it's an absolute disgrace.
TGLM's salary has now been credited to our account, as has my pension, but no sign of my wages from the school of music which was paid in two weeks ago today.
And on top of everything else, it's pishing down here. Feck it, I'm going out for a walk anyway.
When the rain stops, like. I'm not stupid.
Stephen
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| dwpaddy |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 15:53:43
quote:
Originally posted by mully
Latest bit of double-talk from the Ulster Bank :
"We now expect that next week (commencing 9 July) will be the final week of any significant delays for Ulster Bank customers. We expect gradual, but significant and noticeable improvements throughout the remainder of this week and next. It is our expectation that by the week of the 16 July the vast majority of customers will return to a normal service."
Christ but I hate that kind of bull5h1t "statement" that means absolutely nothing and gives no information.
Stephen
So will you take action by changing banks as soon as possible?? |
| mully |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 15:22:57
Latest bit of double-talk from the Ulster Bank :
"We now expect that next week (commencing 9 July) will be the final week of any significant delays for Ulster Bank customers. We expect gradual, but significant and noticeable improvements throughout the remainder of this week and next. It is our expectation that by the week of the 16 July the vast majority of customers will return to a normal service."
Christ but I hate that kind of bull5h1t "statement" that means absolutely nothing and gives no information.
Stephen |
| Dezzie |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 12:23:03
quote:
Originally posted by rollingthunder
I think the same about Barclays as I do all the other banks. They are all the same to me.
If he knew what was going on, he should resign and if he didnt know, he should still resign, because he should have known what was going on in his own organisation.It sounds like one of those deniable operations, ie do what you must, but if it goes tits up you are on your own. Just make sure there is no trail back to senior management. Governments do it with their secret services all the time.
The thing is that even if he does go, he will go with his megabuck bonus and zillion pound pension.
Some quality jail time is what they need.
Not necessarily so.. having worked in a factory (for a multi-national) with multi-tier management, you often find that after all the s**t experienced at shop-floor level with downtime, component supply, industrial action or whatever it may be, by the time the foreman has submitted his shift report to his general foreman who tweaks it before passing it on to his superior etc-etc.. by the time the head honcho recieves it, it's smelling of roses. Often you find the guy's-with-the-ties have no idea of life at the bottom. |
| Dezzie |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 12:13:57
quote:
Originally posted by drummerNick
I did make me laugh when the PM announced yesterday that a referendum on Europe was possible. Was this perhaps to move the banking fiasco down the news slots. I know I'm getting more cynical as I get older but I believe they are all in it together, regardless of the colour of their tie in the house or the financial house they work for. It's a bit like an eBay scam, only bigger. Was there ever a financial crisis?? Could it have been manufactured by the world banks and politicians?
Yeah, i thought that.. at what price world freedom, eh!? |
| beezerk |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 11:55:28
And there will be another inquiry, another load of people with bad memories contradicting one another and in the end nothing will happen about it. |
| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 11:49:57
quote:
Originally posted by rollingthunder
Bob Diamond at the Treasury Select Committee today.
Loose cannon or damp squib? Spill the beans or clam up? He's a septic and not part of the Oxbridge d:ck lickers set, so could name names and tell the truth. Er, make that just name names.
It has been suggested he took so long to resign because it took that long to negotiate his 'exit package' which could be anywhere between 15 and 30 million if the BBC are to be believed.
Thank feck for that. I thought he would get a big pay off.
You truly couldn't make this sh:t up.
Unbe-fecking-lievable.
I do like a bit of tmesis of a morning! |
| rollingthunder |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 10:06:50
Bob Diamond at the Treasury Select Committee today.
Loose cannon or damp squib? Spill the beans or clam up? He's a septic and not part of the Oxbridge d:ck lickers set, so could name names and tell the truth. Er, make that just name names.
It has been suggested he took so long to resign because it took that long to negotiate his 'exit package' which could be anywhere between 15 and 30 million if the BBC are to be believed.
Thank feck for that. I thought he would get a big pay off.
You truly couldn't make this sh:t up. |
| Yard |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 19:05:28
They are on a salary plus bonuses for profits gained.
According to the woman at Asda on the checkout her job is stressful along with everyone else I speak to ...so no!!
If you can't handle your job..get out.
Stress is the new back pain? |
| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 15:55:04
What i mean was we have just seen the doctor go on strike because of pension's.
Are the bankers in the same bracket i really don't know how important or stressful there job is.
Is it a set wage????
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| jamoca |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 15:42:45
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Originally posted by mully
quote:
Originally posted by thedrumcrew
What is it like to be a banker in 2012
You need to define what you mean by "banker", Kev. There are low-paid staff in banking organisations, and there are also people making a fortune.
Stephen
Thank you. |
| Yard |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 14:41:05
The general public have no beef with regular bank staff who are also harassed by their bosses to sell insurance for a small commisson to meet targets so their boss can enjoy his elevated status at head office.My only beef with banks is when you are dismissed by them until you do not need their help and then they come running with lunch requests to jump on the gravy train.
The public does have a huge beef with the casino boys in braces who take huge risks with capital invested with them as per Nick Leeson days.These people are boastful,jumped up barrow boys who are desperate for the high life of champagne and cars because they are 'better than the rest of us'.
As a radio jock once said 'Why would you risk your hard earned cash with a Yuppie desperate for a new Mercedes?'
Taking a punt with someone else's cash is about the easiest job you can have as you only lose your job if it goes wrong as opposed to running your own business where they insist that you move back into a bedsit and divorce your entire family in payment for being a reckless,misguided buffoon.
There are some good people in banking with morals and a desire to do their best.It is time to reduce the risks of being turned over and shafted by the Big Four who raise the bar when they need to increase profits.
Personal Banking and Risk Capital should be separated by legislation and the threat of prison to those that cross the line.Investments are a risk..if you want to chance it then do so,but with your own money.
Let's start with not charging at cash machines to draw your own money out.These cash points were originally introduced to reduce queues in the banking halls and to save on staff due to automation...
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| mully |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 14:04:33
quote:
Originally posted by thedrumcrew
What is it like to be a banker in 2012
You need to define what you mean by "banker", Kev. There are low-paid staff in banking organisations, and there are also people making a fortune.
Stephen |
| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 13:57:31
What is it like to be a banker in 2012
What kind of money do they get how many hoildays do they get. Company cars.
But do they do a good job and should get a good living?????? |
| dwpaddy |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 13:35:12
quote:
Originally posted by jamoca
As a bank officer myself, as the BBC has very clearly stated, can I please remind you that those responsible and involved are a select group of individuals in a select division of the investment arm of the bank (not retail) and potentially equivalent divisions in other banks.
More than once this week, my colleagues and I have been tainted with the same brush because we are "bankers". The similarities between us and them are that we are employed by a bank. Not even close, by any other standards.
Remember this next time you're having a go a some courier firm. |
| jamoca |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 13:03:47
quote:
Originally posted by Brigham
All bankers are **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****s.
I think that should do it.
Thanks.  |
| Brigham |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 11:42:51
All bankers are **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****s.
I think that should do it. |
| Glide |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 11:37:42
It appears that Andrew Tyrie (Tory chairman of the Treasury Commmitee) is being quoted today saying that if the inquiry doesn't get all party support, he will step down.
Ouch!! |
| Yard |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 09:08:08
Diamond Bob will conduct affairs from afar I should imagine he will be hidden away as a 'consultant' well away from the spotlight.
You won't see him at the dole office.
Changing Chiefs is a smokescreen...tough legislation needs to be invoked to keep them under control with tough prison sentences.Fines are paid by us,not them. |
| martydrums |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 09:04:37
quote:
Originally posted by mully
I hate to harp on about this, but word on the street is that it could be ANOTHER FECKIN' WEEK before our accounts are sorted out.
Stephen
Totally unacceptable situation but there again, what the feck can you do about it?... |
| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 09:00:16
Blimey, Bob's gone. Quite right too, but I was SURE that the government and banking industry would ensure he stayed there and carefully cushion him from criticism, I figured they were making Marcus Magius the fall guy to save Bob. And we all thought the MP's expenses and sleaze row during Labour's time was bad ... |
| mully |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 08:46:20
quote:
Originally posted by rollingthunder
Well that's Bob gone.
There's things you can blag your way out of and times you just have to admit your position is untenable. He couldn't ride that out. If he didnt know what was going on, he should have.
David Cameron looks as if he's been up all night.
Still, it's a laugh, eh?
Stephen |
| rollingthunder |
Posted - 03/07/2012 : 08:22:01
Well that's Bob gone.
There's things you can blag your way out of and times you just have to admit your position is untenable. He couldn't ride that out. If he didnt know what was going on, he should have.
David Cameron looks as if he's been up all night.
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| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 20:53:55
There seem to be a story every fecking minute that get to me.
http://socialwelfareunion.org/archives/459 |
| rollingthunder |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 20:50:09
There will be overheating shredders and midnight oil being burned all over London. |
| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 20:37:41
Good god, the sleaze, corruption, greed and vested interests know no bounds. |
| Grahame B |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 20:31:54
quote:
Originally posted by Glide
Cameron calls for quick In-House enquiry
Wonder why ?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-top-tories-dragged-into-banking-scandal-7901941.html?origin=internalSearch
Probably just a coincidence
Quick, lift that corner of the rug... sweep Osborne, sweep... |
| Glide |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 20:14:05
Cameron calls for quick In-House enquiry
Wonder why ?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-top-tories-dragged-into-banking-scandal-7901941.html?origin=internalSearch
Probably just a coincidence |
| nick65 |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 18:25:53
quote:
Originally posted by FTM
Steal a bottle of water during a riot and get 8 months behind bars.
Con £100's millions out of the whole country and get told to stop being naughty.
The worlds gone mad I tell ya!
This is indeed the scary truth,what a fine example to set |
| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 17:29:15
quote:
Originally posted by mully
I hate to harp on about this, but word on the street is that it could be ANOTHER FECKIN' WEEK before our accounts are sorted out.
Stephen
Blimey!
It would be very interesting to know exactly how the banks would be behaving if it was the other way around and THEY were being kept waiting for money... |
| mully |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 17:26:26
I hate to harp on about this, but word on the street is that it could be ANOTHER FECKIN' WEEK before our accounts are sorted out.
Stephen |
| OriginalAnimal |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 16:20:08
As a counsellor friend of mine has said recently, Most heads of multinationals are phsycopaths, they have no moral compass and if not running these companies, would be incarcerated.
Quote:
What is A Psychopath?
Psychopaths cannot be understood in terms of antisocial rearing or development. They are simply morally depraved individuals who represent the "monsters" in our society. They are unstoppable and untreatable predators.
Their emotionlessness reflects a detached, fearless, and possibly dissociated state, revealing a low-state autonomic nervous system and lack of anxiety. It's difficult to say what motivates them - control and dominance possibly - since their life history will usually show no long-standing bonds with others nor much rhyme to their reason.
They tend to operate with a grandiose demeanor, an attitude of entitlement, an insatiable appetite, and a tendency toward sadism. Fearlessness is probably the prototypical (core) characteristic (the low-fear hypothesis). It's helpful to think of them as high-speed vehicles with ineffective brakes. Unquote |
| Glide |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 15:42:41
Use this bank then.
http://www.handelsbanken.se/shb/inet/icentrb.nsf/vlookupfirstpage/handelsbankenrb
The UK arm of Svenska Handelsbanken
They don't pay bonuses to their staff |
| FTM |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 15:23:14
Steal a bottle of water during a riot and get 8 months behind bars.
Con £100's millions out of the whole country and get told to stop being naughty.
The worlds gone mad I tell ya!
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| mully |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 12:06:40
"Northern Irish/Irish customers - BACK OF THE QUEUE!!!"
FFS....
Stephen |
| nick65 |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 11:35:59
quote:
Originally posted by 67Rob
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/barcbarst.jpg
I'll raise you |
| rollingthunder |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 11:25:38
I finally got my £115 from RBS, but only after invoking section 1 of the Old Pals Act and getting my niece who is a branch manager to track it down and put it into my account. I feel sorry for the front line staff as it's not their fault, but they have to face the irate public. She was on the verge of quitting last week such was the stress.
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| beezerk |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 10:26:15
quote:
Originally posted by 67Rob
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/barcbarst.jpg
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| 67Rob |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 10:24:51
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/barcbarst.jpg |
| Glide |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 09:36:37
quote:
Originally posted by Captain Bubble
Why is it that I have known since Mrs Thatcher de-regulated the Banks that something like this would happen? Even though I do not follow the news much and have little interest in Economics, and there are thousands more like me. Successive governments have given the banks unlimited power and unfettered greed.
Scandalous.
Snap !! It takes longer than most people realise for the tail to learn to wag the dog.
The lid will go back on. There's much worse to come out if it doesn't. |
| Yard |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 09:15:11
You will never contain the goings on in big business as board directors of all large companies and banks have inter-married,attended Uni together or are former colleagues all helping each other as in the old boy network.No different than groupies at gigs desperate for money,notoriety and a meal ticket for life..
The bonus culture should be eradicated also as it promotes lack of morals in achieving goals and targets.
Once you agree your salary then that is it...if you cannot meet reasonable targets then you get the boot.The same pain should be inflicted upon bank officials as is inflicted upon helpless mere mortals on a daily basis by heavy handed banks in repossessing homes to make a killing and to impress their bosses.
Banks control market forces and when they decide to make another killing ...watch out.!!
Banks go skint and managers have the cheek to tell you how to run a business despite never having run one with any personal investment of their own..because as usual someone else picks up their losses!! |
| gazdkw82 |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 08:59:39
im gobsmacked how this can happen and no one will have to face legal action.
If (for example) a staff member of a bank somehow managed to find a way to transfer funds to there own personal account then that person would be jailed. (btw this has actually happened before)
The people involved in this scandal are lining there own pockets on a much higher scale and it seems stepping down is as big a punishment as they are going to get.
Until we get tough with them they will always find another way to manipulate the system knowing if there luck runs out they just walk away. |
| gazdkw82 |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 08:52:03
quote:
Originally posted by Yard
As I have stated many times ..if you get the chance to stiff a bank then do so before they stiff you.
A bunch of jumped up ****s.The Govt should have nationalised the banks rather than gift them a lifeline.Any other business would have gone to the wall allowing banks,receivers and their ilk to pick over the bones. (except football clubs) The Govt hand the banks a ready made fortune by allowing them to charge for cash withdrawals after forcing companies to pay salaries direct to 'supposedly' reduce the black economy.We get shafted on a daily basis.
I can't wait for the next move which will probably be that the Federal Bank of America will help us out ...The Federal Bank is a misleading title which infers that it is similar to the Bank of England but is actually nowhere close.
They plan your misery in advance whilst veiled in secrecy to protect themselves from attack.YouTube Federal Bank and if you remain calm after viewing ...??
corrected for you |
| mully |
Posted - 02/07/2012 : 00:53:10
Into Monday now, and STILL our account is showing a zero balance even though there was well over two grand paid in over the past ten days. More hassle for me later, I'll have to contact everyone from our mortgage provider to our insurance people to our utility companies so I can let them know what's going on. We don't know if our DDs are going to be paid or not. It is an appalling disgrace.
Yours
Angry of Antrim |
| Anthra Kx |
Posted - 01/07/2012 : 22:40:24
quote:
Originally posted by dwpaddy
I still cant get my head round the fact that they did nothing illegal?
well who makes the rules? |
| WendyB |
Posted - 01/07/2012 : 22:02:46
Time to return to being a cash society perhaps, stop relying on credit, and read the bank statements. Live within your means and don't rely on anyone else to look after your interests as they will be too busy looking after their own.
I shall now return to the 1950s. |
| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 01/07/2012 : 20:12:05
I said once on here one day we will need help and the amount of people that laughed at me.
I also got a comment that i should understand what i put on here.
As if i have been wrong in the past |
| Yard |
Posted - 01/07/2012 : 20:05:44
As I have stated many times ..if you get the chance to stiff a bank then do so before they stiff you.
A bunch of jumped up ****s.The Govt should have nationalised the banks rather than gift them a lifeline.Any other business would have gone to the wall allowing banks,receivers and their ilk to pick over the bones.
The Govt hand the banks a ready made fortune by allowing them to charge for cash withdrawals after forcing companies to pay salaries direct to 'supposedly' reduce the black economy.We get shafted on a daily basis.
I can't wait for the next move which will probably be that the Federal Bank of America will help us out ...The Federal Bank is a misleading title which infers that it is similar to the Bank of England but is actually nowhere close.
They plan your misery in advance whilst veiled in secrecy to protect themselves from attack.YouTube Federal Bank and if you remain calm after viewing ...??
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| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 01/07/2012 : 19:42:45
Josh we know you are just doing a job mate and i understand when something happen at the top everyone who works there get it which is sad.
But as a banker how do you see the future of this country with all the scams going on how can we trusts the banks or governments again.
Can you see grow in the next 5 years and how long do you think it will take to pay our debt off.
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