Icelandic entrepreneur Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, who held one of the largest stakes in Landsbanki Bank, stated in an interview on Stöd 2 news magazine Kompás last night that before Landsbanki was nationalized, the British Financial Supervisory Authority had offered to fast track the process of shifting the responsibility of the Icesave deposits to Britain. 28-Oct-08.

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=21123&ew_0_a_id=314440

See also - Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfur_Thor_Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfsson

and his father - Björgólfur Guðmundsson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfur_Gu%C3%B0mundsson