"What is, in fact, robbing a bank compared to founding a bank?" Bertolt Brecht once remarked acidly. No matter whether a salaried employee, a manager, a person building the family home or an entrepreneur – many people had to experience already the power of bankers first-hand. Any attempt of starting a fight with the lords and masters of money is – more often than not – bound to fail miserably. The author presents a record of the most outrageous of sins: From fees that rob you blind and liquidations of securities up to selling loans to (foreign) debt collectors.
- Where and when you have to be particularly careful as the customer of a bank
Peter Kruck, born in 1965, fully-trained banker, studied journalism and communications science. The market researcher is founder, president and CEO of the Institute of Applied Communication Research Bochum (BIFAK) and lecturer at the Institute for Media Science at Ruhr University Bochum. He lives in Bottrop with his wife Simone and their dog Olli.