It's Dave versus the Goliaths of the banking world as Channel 4 follows one man's fight to bring old-fashioned banking back to the High Street. With the global financial system in a mess, bankers in disrepute and their customers feeling short-changed, straight-talking minibus supplier Dave Fishwick has had enough. If the high street banks aren't lending enough to keep the economy going, why doesn't he just start his own? Surely it can't be that difficult?
Dave starts his fight in his hometown of Burnley and his plan is refreshingly simple: he promises is give 5% interest on savings and then use that money to lend to people struggling to secure loans from the big banks. If after six months his local bank works, Dave says he's going to do something the big banks just can't bring themselves to do - instead of paying bonuses, he'll give any profits to charity. As Dave says: "if I can make £1 after all the bills are paid, my bank will be £2billion and one pound better off than the RBS, because they lost £2 billion."
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