The business loan mis-selling scandal has heaped billions of pounds of extra liabilities onto banks under renewed pressure to step up their lending.
Interest rate swap agreements (IRSAs) are acting as a hidden burden not only on businesses that cannot afford to exit them but on the banks – which must make provision for the exit costs. The FSA is due to report on the scandal this week and is likely to instigate a full review.
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