Cant speak for the others, but RBS wasn't a 'model' bank. RBS and Barclays were well known as the risker banks. I don't recall any concerns raised about Norther

Cant speak for the others, but RBS wasn't a 'model' bank. RBS and Barclays were well known as the risker banks. I don't recall any concerns raised about Northern Rock, or the other ex building societies though. Maybe that's the interesting parallel here, the midsize banks aren't watched as closely and manage to drag down the too big to fail banks.