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| Assembly questions banking chiefs | Assembly questions banking chiefs |
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| The Assembly Finance Committee has been questioning local banking chiefs over whether they can do more to help people survive the economic downturn. | The Assembly Finance Committee has been questioning local banking chiefs over whether they can do more to help people survive the economic downturn. |
| DUP MLA Ian Paisley Jr told the bankers the public perception was that they were villains of the credit crunch. | DUP MLA Ian Paisley Jr told the bankers the public perception was that they were villains of the credit crunch. |
| However, British Bankers' Association executive director Eric Leenders said the banking industry was grappling with the repercussions of a global problem. | |
| "We need to recognise that the recession is a global one," he said. | "We need to recognise that the recession is a global one," he said. |
| "The banks are keenly aware of the circumstances that customers and small businesses alike face in Northern Ireland as a consequence of the credit crunch and the global recession." | "The banks are keenly aware of the circumstances that customers and small businesses alike face in Northern Ireland as a consequence of the credit crunch and the global recession." |