Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of Swiss banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, dirtier reality. It’s an international tale that takes us from Mozambique to Australia, from Hong Kong to New York, and, of course, inside the hushed marble corridors of Zurich’s banking elite.
This continued for decades, even as Credit Suisse continued to expand, acquiring smaller banks and granting its own executives lucrative bonus is the story of how the house of cards fell apart. —“We’re used by now to bankers behaving badly, but Duncan Mavin takes it to another shocking, anger-inducing level.
This continued for decades, even as Credit Suisse continued to expand, acquiring smaller banks and granting its own executives lucrative bonus is the story of how the house of cards fell apart. —“We’re used by now to bankers behaving badly, but Duncan Mavin takes it to another shocking, anger-inducing level.
Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of Swiss banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, dirtier reality. It’s an international tale that takes us from Mozambique to Australia, from Hong Kong to New York, and, of course, inside the hushed marble corridors of Zurich’s banking elite.