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The Joris Luyendijk banking blog goes native in Germany

Following on from his banking blog from the City of London, Joris Luyendijk crosses to Frankfurt to investigate how German bankers and banking differ from the UK, and what that can tell us about the two nations
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    Following on from his banking blog from the City of London, Joris Luyendijk crosses to Frankfurt to investigate how German banking differs – and what that can tell us about the two nations

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