LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Businessmen chat outside the headquarters of RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) in London's financial district on August 12, 2009 in London, England. The Financial Services Authority have today outlined new rules on how financial institutions should determine pay and bonuses for their staff. The guidelines aim to avert the current problems in the financial sector by linking compensation far more closely with the long-term profitability. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Businessmen chat outside the headquarters of RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) in London's financial district on August 12, 2009 in London, England. The Financial Services Authority have today outlined new rules on how financial institutions should determine pay and bonuses for their staff. The guidelines aim to avert the current problems in the financial sector by linking compensation far more closely with the long-term profitability.

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  2. A young protester listens to a speech outside the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters in the City of London as protesters tour the financial institutions in the City calling for new policies to protect the livelihoods of millions of people amid the growing world economic crisis, as G20 Finance Ministers gathered in London for a two-day talks in the run-up to the G20 leaders summit on Sept. 24-25 in Pittsburgh in U.S., Friday, Sept. 4, 2009.
  3. "Camp for Climate Change" demonstrators protest outside of the Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters in London September 1, 2009.
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  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: Climate change protesters blockade the entrance to The Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters on September 1, 2009 in London, England. Climate campaigners have also been staging a week long protest camp in Blackheath south London.
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  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: Climate change protesters blockade the entrance to The Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters on September 1, 2009 in London, England. Climate campaigners have also been staging a week long protest camp in Blackheath south London.
  9. The Bank of England is seen in central London, Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Britain's treasury minister on Wednesday defended the secrecy surrounding the Bank of England's decision to loan 61.6 billion british pounds ($101.8 billion US) to save two banks from collapse last year. The central bank revealed this week it had loaned the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and HBOS PLC more than it had initially disclosed. The secret loans to prop up the banks came in October and November 2008, when the financial system froze in panic in the wake of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
  10. The Bank of England is seen in central London, Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Britain's treasury minister Paul Myners on Wednesday defended the secrecy surrounding the Bank of England's decision to loan 61.6 billion british pounds ($101.8 billion) to save two banks from collapse last year. The central bank revealed this week it had loaned the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and HBOS PLC more than it had initially disclosed. The secret loans to prop up the banks came in October and November 2008, when the financial system froze in panic in the wake of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
  11. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Stephen Hester, the Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, delivers a speech to the CBI annual conference at the Park Lane Hilton hotel on November 23, 2009 in London, England. The Confederation of British Industry's conference, entitled 'Routes to Recovery', brings together leading politicians and business experts to discuss ways to deliver economic growth.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Stephen Hester, the Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, delivers a speech to the CBI annual conference at the Park Lane Hilton hotel on November 23, 2009 in London, England. The Confederation of British Industry's conference, entitled 'Routes to Recovery', brings together leading politicians and business experts to discuss ways to deliver economic growth.
  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Stephen Hester, the Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, delivers a speech to the CBI annual conference at the Park Lane Hilton hotel on November 23, 2009 in London, England. The Confederation of British Industry's conference, entitled 'Routes to Recovery', brings together leading politicians and business experts to discuss ways to deliver economic growth.
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  16. A man walks past a branch of Lloyds Bank in the City of London November 3, 2009. Lloyds Banking Group launched a record 13.5 billion-pound ($22 billion) rights issue on Tuesday and along with rival Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to sell off businesses as part of a complex deal to further boost capital while also meeting EU competition concerns over state aid.

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