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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16063271" target="_blank">Millions &#39;will seek payday loans&#39;</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d005abc0-1ff7-11e1-8462-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">&#39;Legal loan sharks&#39; target working poor</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f190c8a-20eb-11e1-8a43-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Calls grow for clamp on payday lenders</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8547eec0-20d5-11e1-816d-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Barclays withdraws from $1bn retail business in India</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1ac0b0ec/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cjobs0C89413360CLloyds0EBanking0EGroup0Elaughs0Eall0Ethe0Eway0Eto0Ethe0Ebank0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Lloyds Banking Group laughs all the way to the bank</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abbbdd0/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C8940A40A60CBanks0Eborrow0Emore0Ethan0E50Abn0Efrom0EECB0Eamid0Efunding0Estress0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banks borrow more than $50bn from ECB amid funding stress</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abfd455/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89417860CCity0Ein0Ederivatives0Edepository0Eboost0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">City in derivatives depository boost</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf7e59/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89415360CGeorge0EOsborne0Ewarns0ECity0Enot0Eto0Edole0Eout0Ebonuses0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">George Osborne warns City not to dole out bonuses</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf8f55/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89420A310CParcel0Ebomb0Esent0Eto0EDeutsche0EBank0Echief0Eexecutive0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">&#39;Parcel bomb&#39; sent to Deutsche Bank chief executive</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3884c14c-201e-11e1-8662-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Lack of ambition evident in Aim&#39;s slim pickings</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf8539/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89416560CHSBC0Eacts0Eto0Estem0Emis0Eselling0Efall0Eout0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">HSBC acts to stem mis-selling fall-out</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf853a/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89414770CEuropes0Ebanks0Ehave0E10B50Etrillion0Eof0Etoxic0Eassets0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Europe&#39;s banks have £1.5 trillion of toxic assets</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/INEZgFUZFpA/ecb-said-to-consider-more-measures-to-stimulate-bank-lending" target="_blank">ECB Weighs Measures to Stimulate Bank Lending</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fed87d52-20c3-11e1-816d-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Why banking works one big confidence trick</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include &#8230;</p>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16063271" target="_blank">Millions &#39;will seek payday loans&#39;</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d005abc0-1ff7-11e1-8462-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">&#39;Legal loan sharks&#39; target working poor</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f190c8a-20eb-11e1-8a43-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Calls grow for clamp on payday lenders</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8547eec0-20d5-11e1-816d-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Barclays withdraws from $1bn retail business in India</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1ac0b0ec/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cjobs0C89413360CLloyds0EBanking0EGroup0Elaughs0Eall0Ethe0Eway0Eto0Ethe0Ebank0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Lloyds Banking Group laughs all the way to the bank</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abbbdd0/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C8940A40A60CBanks0Eborrow0Emore0Ethan0E50Abn0Efrom0EECB0Eamid0Efunding0Estress0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banks borrow more than $50bn from ECB amid funding stress</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abfd455/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89417860CCity0Ein0Ederivatives0Edepository0Eboost0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">City in derivatives depository boost</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf7e59/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89415360CGeorge0EOsborne0Ewarns0ECity0Enot0Eto0Edole0Eout0Ebonuses0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">George Osborne warns City not to dole out bonuses</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf8f55/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89420A310CParcel0Ebomb0Esent0Eto0EDeutsche0EBank0Echief0Eexecutive0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">&#39;Parcel bomb&#39; sent to Deutsche Bank chief executive</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3884c14c-201e-11e1-8662-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Lack of ambition evident in Aim&#39;s slim pickings</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf8539/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89416560CHSBC0Eacts0Eto0Estem0Emis0Eselling0Efall0Eout0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">HSBC acts to stem mis-selling fall-out</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1abf853a/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C89414770CEuropes0Ebanks0Ehave0E10B50Etrillion0Eof0Etoxic0Eassets0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Europe&#39;s banks have £1.5 trillion of toxic assets</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/INEZgFUZFpA/ecb-said-to-consider-more-measures-to-stimulate-bank-lending" target="_blank">ECB Weighs Measures to Stimulate Bank Lending</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fed87d52-20c3-11e1-816d-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Why banking works one big confidence trick</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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