Bankers set to enjoy £5BILLION in bonuses

Bankers are set to be awarded £5billion in bonuses, including £2.2billion for staff at scandal-hit HSBC.
The vast sum is expected to be paid out to bankers at HSBC despite it being embroiled in a tax dodging row.
And Royal Bank of Scotland, bailed out by the taxpayer after the financial crash, is likely to hand its staff £500million in bonuses.


Lloyds, which was also bailed out by the Government to the tune of nearly £20billion, is expected to pay its bankers £375million in bonuses, the Mirror reported.
Meanwhile Barclays is expected to pay its staff around £2billion, taking the estimated total in bonuses at the Big Four banks to almost £5billion, despite the banking industry being mired in scandal.
It is claimed that HSBC's Swiss arm helped wealthy customers evade tax, while its Geneva offices were raided earlier this week as part of an 'aggravated money laundering' investigation.


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