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Last broadcast on Sat, 12 Sep 2009, 23:05 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

SYNOPSIS

Spirits low? Is the Credit Crunch getting you down? It might just be a very good time to start a brand new bank ... unencumbered by the toxic loans and the government bailouts of most of the old ones. Peter Day finds out from the experts how to start a bank ... and also how not to do it

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PROGRAMME

Andrew Hilton
Director, Centre of the Study of Financial Innovation
Muhammad Yunus
Founder, Grameen Bank
Brandon Davies
Chief Executive Office
dRisk.biz Limited
Lindsay Mackie
Consultant
New Economics Foundation
Antony Elliott
Fair Banking Charity
Ian Hatton
Senior Regeneration Manager
Essex County Council
Giles Andrews
Managing Director
Zopa