LONDON: The decision to strip the former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) boss of his knighthood marks a new high in “banker bashing” sparked by the financial crisis, and left business figures asking if it had gone too far.
But other critics said Fred Goodwin’s fate should serve as an example to encourage the banking industry to put its house in order.
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