The banker and the accountant raised campaign money and received appointments to state patronage jobs.

He also accused the political establishment of endemic corruption, writing: "any banker who demanded naturalization received it without the least of difficulties".

He has put out a press release saying bankers received £62bn in bonuses between 2002 and 2009.

The banker alone received a personal warning as well, probably because he could pay for himself.

In return for that special service, the banker received one-sixth of the borrowed sum: two hundred thousand dollars.

No interest is paid, and often as not, the banker receives no fee.

The bankers had received interest for their money, Prendle among them.

But the banker did receive one dollar's worth of assets for every dollar issued, and each dollar is adequately backed.

Most bankers at the firm received flat or reduced bonuses.

Now the bankers will once again be receiving record salaries.