Brexit Winner Frankfurt Gets Another Shot at Finance Stardom
- Germany’s banking center emerges as main alternative to London
- ‘It’s a bit boring, a bit dull. But then, so are many bankers’
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And the Brexit winner is … Frankfurt? Could it really be? The city on the banks of the river Main had ambitions for decades to establish itself on a global map. It wanted to become West Germany’s new capital after World War II, only to lose out to provincial Bonn. After the introduction of the euro, it tried to rival London as Europe’s financial center, but never made it into the same league.