Hello All,

Its like something out of the 19th century, but apparently a major regional bank in England, Southern Prime, is having some old fashioned problems. Bloomberg is reporting that people are lining up to take their deposits out of the bank and that the banks website crashed due to a spike in traffic. The scare was sparked by the news that Southern had to borrow bailout funding from the Bank of England because the rising cost of credit in the UK.

Click here for the story.

Nothing like a good bank run to start your weekend!

Cheers,

James

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