The bank’s new discussion site

Iceland’s largest bank, Landsbankinn, has launched a new discussion area on its website, bearing the name Umræðan (simply “the Discussion”). The bank revealed in a press release that it wants to create a platform for feedback and professional discussion of economic and financial issues.

Interestingly, former British prime minister Gordon Brown will be amongst the contributors. Brown’s government enacted anti-terrorist legislation against Iceland during the height of the 2008 bank crisis, in order to freeze the country’s UK assets. Thousands of British and Dutch savers had money invested in Landsbankinn, which operated in those countries as an Internet savings bank under the name Icesave.

Earlier this year, Iceland president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, that he thinks Brown should apologise to Icelanders for the way he handled the collapse of the Landsbankinn in October 2008.

The bank’s press release stated that its representatives hope that through open and factual debate the foundations for regaining trust in the financial system can be laid. The aim is to create a live platform for discussion and make the site an important destination for those who want to stay up-to-date on the economic debate.

Source: mbl.is
Image: Landsbankinn