Peter Worthington has had an amazing life. And his obituary, which he wrote himself, certainly has an arresting opening line.
HSBC, the bank that survived the credit crunch without government help, is offering bursaries of £15,000 to students who make the best videos about their future ambitions. Details here.
HSBC may not have borrowed money from the government, but a shed load of auto finance operations were sold to Santander for near $1,000,000,000. Pretty sure Santander now also control a large portion of HSBC loans.