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Pester took to the
                                                                      airwaves saying that


                                                                      the bank is "on its
                                                                      knees" and that he

                                                                      has taken direct

                                                                      control of the issue

                                                                      and called in expert

                                                                      outside help from IBM

                                                                      who will report

                                                                      directly to him to fix

                                                                      the problems.


                         His problems are not simply the legacy system but

                         keeping customers from switching to other banks

                         and addressing the impact on staff health and

                         morale particularly in the branches.


                         Attempts to keep customers from switching to other

                         banks also begin in earnest.

                                                                    TSB promised that no

                                                                    customer would pay

                                                                    overdraft fees or

                                                                    charges for April, and

                                                                    that the interest on its
                                                                    Classic Plus current

                                                                    account for existing

                                                                    customers would
                                                                    increase from 3% to

                                                                    5%. Estimates

                                                                    suggested that this
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