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Annabel Symington
Annabel Symington is a deputy editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit. She covers a range subjects including financial services, cyber security and social media. Prior to joining the EIU in early 2011, Annabel worked as a freelance journalist. She has reported from West Africa, Brazil and the US, among other places, and her work has been published by a variety of outlets including the BBC, the Christian Science Monitor and Wired magazine.
Recent posts by Annabel Symington
An interview with Steven Leslie, the EIU's financial services analyst
August 10th 2012
Central banks - particularly the Fed and the ECB - have been garnering unprecedented headline attention as investors and policy makers look to monetary stimulus to repair the damage to the global economy. In the wake of announcements from both the Fed and ECB in early August, Steven Leslie, the EIU's financial services analyst, questions what central bankers can do in the current situation.
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What do you do when you’re the CEO of a major US bank that’s experiencing a mass exodus of customers?
July 6th 2012
Post financial crisis, a major US bank was rapidly losing customers. The numbers suggested that the solution laid in selling customers multiple products. A customer who only had a checking account, the data suggested, were significantly more likely to change banks than a customer that had a checking account, a credit card and a mortgage.
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All posts by Annabel Symington
An interview with Steven Leslie, the EIU's financial services analyst
August 10th 2012
What do you do when you’re the CEO of a major US bank that’s experiencing a mass exodus of customers?