The UK implemented Open Banking in January 2018 and now, almost two years later, you would think it’s doing really well. This is why the momentum is building. The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) shared figures that show there are 49 million data sharing requests monthly, doubling in just seven …

Things we’re reading today include … Bank accidentally puts $37MILLION into woman’s account Meet the biggest bank you’ve never heard of Sustainable investors face squeeze as larger firms move in Goldman Sachs to stop financing new drilling for oil in the Arctic Nuns take on BlackRock over climate change UK …

The main blog headlines are … Traditional banks are suffocating … they just don’t know it yet An interesting lunch discussion about data the other day. It started when someone had picked up on my blog about Ana Botin, where she made the comment: “Why should data be regulated in a …

As it’s Friday the Thirteenth I thought I’d cheer you up with yet another core systems renewal story. There’s a great article that resonated with me in the Financial Times the other day, talking about ‘technical debt‘. The line that has stayed with me is this one: “Stripe estimates that …

Things we’re reading today include … ING working on digital assets custody technology Battle over Volcker’s rule outlives its creator Central bankers debate tackling climate change Citi, Credit Suisse drop China’s Ucommune U.S. IPO over valuation -sources EU confirms one-year Brexit reprieve for clearing houses America wants the World Bank …

An interesting lunch discussion about data the other day. It started when someone had picked up on my blog about Ana Botin, where she made the comment: “Why should data be regulated in a different way if you’re called a bank and if you’re called something else … more than two …

Things we’re reading today include … This Is What Racism Sounds Like in the Banking Industry Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says confident consumers are spending 5.5% more this year Bank of China Issues Bonds via Blockchain Credit Suisse: lowering the bar Banks avoid Hong Kong unrest in research …

Someone turned to me the other day, mid-discussion around Facebook and their abuse of customer data, and asked: How did we get here? My answer: Because we let it happen. In the last twenty years, America has allowed big tech firms in Silicon Valley to become monolith giant monopolies of …

Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank says crypto could replace cash by 2030 Would ‘getting Brexit done’ bring lots of new investment? Lloyds to reopen compensation claims for Reading fraud Victims of HBOS fraud in line for bigger payout Santander UK chief’s pension slashed by £436,000 over two …

A further discussion about data and the key issue of who should have access. During a recent lunch, we talked about how Chinese citizens allow the government to see all of their digital footprint via Tencent and Alibaba, but they do this for a number of reasons. The advantage of …

Things we’re reading today include … Subprime lender Amigo faces fresh turmoil as bosses quit Deutsche to cut €100m from German retail banking unit PiggyBank owner collapses into administration Goldman Sachs: less is core Paul Volcker: Former US Federal Reserve chief dies aged 92 Amazon says Trump’s ‘vendetta’ lost it …

Building on my blog post last week, showing the views of 1997, it was clear years ago that banking was under siege. However, that siege never happened. Tesco thought that most banks were “a bunch of clowns”, but never cracked the market and still have not. Sainsbury may have onboarded …

Things we’re reading today include … Global financial watchdogs take aim at Big Tech’s data dominance U.S. banks’ reluctance to lend cash may have caused repo shock: BIS Worrying signs that a great global deregulation has begun Capital One is a banking-peer bargain, even with recent gains: Barron’s Market debut …

The main blog headlines are … Treating Customers Unfairly (#HSBC) I’ve blogged many times that so called free banking is a fallacy.  It’s something I have blogged about for a decade, and the recurring theme is free banking should be banned by the regulator as it’s only free as long …

I’ve blogged many times that so called free banking is a fallacy.  It’s something I have blogged about for a decade, and the recurring theme is free banking should be banned by the regulator as it’s only free as long as you don’t go overdrawn. The result is that the …