By Tom Sims
Germany’s top financial regulator is appointing a special monitor to Deutsche Bank to oversee the lender’s handling of consumer service problems at its Postbank unit, a blow to the reputation of the nation’s top bank.
The head of the regulator BaFin has termed as “unacceptable” the disruptions experienced in Postbank’s online offerings, the difficulty clients had in reaching its customer service and in long processing times.