The news will be greeted with hostility in some quarters, and no doubt provoke a torrent of abuse against "greedy bankers" and their evil ways.

There have been 11 attacks, some fatal, against bankers since December 1992.

The scene was a rare public hearing in the vaulted Fed board room that pitted investment bankers against commercial bankers.

From the very beginning of the banking crisis, Bloom has advocated criminal proceedings against bankers - see speeches on his website.

Separate class-action suits brought by investors against former WorldCom executives and bankers are also pending.

His tirades against bankers and the banking system proved especially popular during the Great Depression, and he regularly lectured to packed houses across the country.

Where people protest against bankers and toadies such as Osborne.

It's all about epic gunfights, explosions, mindless violence and, er, a revenge plot against bankers.

The economy has collapsed, half the population has slipped below the poverty line, and angry pot-banging demonstrations against politicians and bankers are a daily event.

There's such anger against 'bankers', it makes me scared at times.