Originally Posted by
Nesta99
Without the nitty gritty, it was business often as usual for banks that had been bailed. They still has their marketing teams, probably paired back, and I'm sure many of those people had their preferred pet projects too. Day to day business including deciding on brand placement via sponsorship, for example, was unaffected and in some cases criminally so with CEO's still handing themselves performance bonuses etc. But it does seem strange that banks that were basically owned by the tax payer were spending (or not). If BoI were the only performing bank then maybe they were the only ones who could roll out a major sponsorship campaign?