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UK's big-name banks expected to put thousands of jobs at risk as profits are hit by the US and eurozone problems

A woman uses a cash point machine at a HSBC bank in the City of London. The bank reports its first-half results on Monday. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

Britain's leading banks will put thousands of jobs on the line this week when they announce first-half figures dented by the lack of trading activity caused by the parallel crises in the eurozone and the US.

Exposures to the sovereign debt crisis will be scrutinised, as will any indications of the cost of "ringfencing" high-street businesses as recommended by the independent banking commission. Provisions to compensate customers mis-sold payment protection insurance will also hurt results, particularly at Lloyds and RBS.

HSBC, which employs 300,000 globally, reports on Monday, when its new chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, is expected to take the first steps towards broadly admitting the scale of job losses if he is to save $3.5bn (£2.14bn) within three years.

Barclays may also indicate that jobs will need to go, as analysts reckon its investment banking arm, Barclays Capital, will have been hit by the downturn in the markets.

Analysts at Credit Suisse are estimating an 18% fall in revenues at BarCap in the second quarter.

They also believe that investment banking revenues will be hard hit at bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland.

Other banks with major investment banking arms such as Credit Suisse and UBS signalled job cuts last week.

Lloyds Banking Group, due to report on Thursday, has warned that 15,000 posts will be cut.

Analysts at Morgan Stanley believe UK banks will find profitability squeezed by higher funding costs in the wholesale market and the low interest environment, although impairment charges should be improving. Ireland, though, remains a concern, as does Barclays' exposure to Spain.

HSBC's profits are forecast to be flat around $11bn (£6.7bn), Barclays' at £2.4bn, while analysts at Credit Suisse expect RBS and Lloyds to make losses.

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