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Reasons to be cheerful? 8%


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How much lower banks’ interest rate income will be in 2021 compared


with 2019. Oliver Wyman


$3.7trn 471%


across England. Springboard


£18.5bn 4.2%


banks by 2030. Juniper Research


Future Banking / www.nsbanking.com


– after 6.8% slump in 2020. KPMG


Over $27bn 49%


Spurred on by the pandemic, the amount blockchain could save


The increase in high street footfall on the day in April that non-essential retail (and pubs) reopened


48%


The amount of extra capital that was deposited in UK banks in January 2021 – boosting hopes of a recovery now that punters have


places to spend their savings. Financial Times


The number of banks that have made layoffs in response to coronavirus – with 34% more


planning similar action. Deloitte


And the surprising Every 20 seconds


How often the government issues so-called ‘Bounce Back Loans’ to hard-pressed businesses since the


Growth in eurozone GDP by 2020


scheme’s launch in May 2020. UK government


£90,000


The fi rst-quarter losses suffered by Melvin Capital after the hedge fund’s short position was wrecked


by amateur traders on Reddit. Business Insider


anti-fraud offi cer. BBC


7


2019 levels. Oliver Wyman


How much revenue banks could miss out on over fi ve years thanks to


the pandemic and its consequences. McKinsey


Q4 2021


When European transaction fi gures are expected to return to their July


The amount stolen by one Santander employee who was caught helping criminals buy luxury goods using stolen accounts – despite being an


Sven Hansche/Tackey/Sergey Nivens/BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock.com


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