Photos: Ten financial casualties following Lehman Brothers collapse
Icelandic banks collapse – September/October 2008
The economies of some nations were on the verge of collapse. This included Iceland. In late September 2008, it was announced that the Glitnir bank would be nationalised. In October the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority took control of Landsbanki and Kaupthing banks.
The collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers after 150 years of operation a year ago this week shattered the foundations of the financial system that world stability relies on.
September 15 2008 and Lehman Brothers’ collapse was not the catalyst of the collapse of the global financial system but is regarded as the moment people realised the system was broke.
Since the moment Lehman Brothers announced that it had entered administration the financial system went into melt-down and took thousands of IT jobs with it.
Banks are the biggest users of IT and what was once a safe haven for IT professionals became treacherous.
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