Frank Vogl

Anti-Corruption • Ethics & Integrity

Frank has been engaged with global economics, banking, governance and anti-corruption for more than 40 years, as a journalist, as a World Bank senior official, as an anti-corruption civil society leader, and as a top level advisor to financial institutions. Frank is President of Vogl Communications, Inc., which has provided advice to leaders of international finance for more than two decades.

American Banker - How to Put an End to Bank Bashing

October 22, 2012 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy

The blasts at bankers as being corrupt are not about to subside. Recent high-profile allegations against some of the largest banks, from charges of interest rate manipulation, to breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran, to vast money-laundering schemes, are just a taste of what is to come. Never before have there been so many investigations by such a multitude of official agencies in the U.S. and abroad of the possible malfeasance of bankers.

The Arab Spring Will Not Become an Arab Winter!

October 11, 2012 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, Public Sector Governance, News

Has the brilliance of the Arab Spring been quashed by the horrors of an Arab Winter, as evidenced by the murder of US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi, Libya, the coming to power of the Moslem Brotherhood in Egypt, the rising prominence in Tunisia and beyond of the radical Salafis, and the brutality of the Syrian regime?

President Obama's UN Speech Highlights Priority of Supporting Civil Society Globally

September 29, 2012 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, Public Sector Governance

resident Obama's major speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2012, will be a powerful inspiration to civil society activists across the world who are fighting for democracy, an end to human rights abuse, for press freedom, for justice, and against corruption.

Interest Rate Manipulation – Where are the Boards of Directors?

August 06, 2012 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, Employment

At least 15 of the world’s biggest banks are being investigated by national authorities on both sides of the Atlantic for rigging interest rates, which possibly involved trillions of dollars of transactions, from the mortgages of you and me, to what big corporations have had to pay. So far, only Barclays Bank has been forced to settle – it was fined over $400 million and its chief executive and board chairman were forced to resign.

G20 must address financial integrity as corruption surges through major banking

August 01, 2012 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, Public Sector Governance

Allegations of insider trading at Nomura, money laundering at HSBC, interest rate manipulation at Barclays – it’s one scandal after another! Some say mega-banks are too complex to manage and control, others blame bad management, still others say the culture is rotten. Corruption abounds. Greed, secrecy, arrogance, lack of a moral compass, and opportunity all combine in too many financial institutions.

The Euro Crisis Is All Politics - Rerun of a Bad Movie

July 26, 2012 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy

The euro crisis will not be resolved until the citizens of Europe have greater confidence in the ability and the willingness of their national leaders to serve the public interest. Pundits may blame the bankers and politicians may blame the press, but over the last year on many trips to Brussels and Athens I have seen both the patent lack of political leadership and the deep mistrust of ordinary middle class Europeans.