The survey, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, puts together a league table identifying potential sources of risks to banks and ranks them by severity.
Banking banana skins 2008 This year’s survey is based on nearly 400 responses from 38 countries. The annual poll is dominated by concerns over current market conditions, notably the liquidity shortage and the crunch in the credit and derivative markets. The fear that these strains will lead to a global recession is high.
Banking banana skins 2006This year’s survey is based on 468 responses in 60 countries. The poll of top financial practitioners, regulators and analysts is dominated by the concerns around over-regulation for the second year running. Fast-rising risks this year also include concerns about commodities, interest rates, emerging markets and equity markets.
Banking banana skins 2005This year's survey is based on responses from 440 bankers and close observers of the banking scene in 54 countries. The remorseless rise in regulation has become the greatest risk facing the banking sector according to the latest ‘Banana Skins’ survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) and sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Banking banana skins 2002 (1.02mb)
The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) has recently completed its seventh
Banana skins survey of leading members of the banking industry to find out their concerns about the soundness of the financial markets.
Banana Skins 2000 (1.17mb)
This survey reveals rapid evolution of e-business as the key challenge for the banking industry.
