Our biggest stories of the past week are … Stressing out the banks In America and Europe, stress tests are regularly applied to see whether the banks are becoming more resilient to another crisis. The latest results of the American stress tests shows that all but one (Zions Bancorp) of the top 30 US banks…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Stressing out the banks In America and Europe, stress tests are regularly applied to see whether the banks are becoming more resilient to another crisis. The latest results of the American stress tests shows that all but one (Zions Bancorp) of the top 30 US banks…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Vikings: raiders or traders? We had our second meeting of the Nordic Financial Services Club in Oslo last week. I’ll write up some of this later this week, but wanted to begin with some history. Not some history of the Financial Services Club, but some history…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Vikings: raiders or traders? We had our second meeting of the Nordic Financial Services Club in Oslo last week. I’ll write up some of this later this week, but wanted to begin with some history. Not some history of the Financial Services Club, but some history…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … London versus Europe: the deep division over banking regulations and rules It’s EU elections time, and so the mad moments begin. All of the eurocrats are keen to push through their final legislative agendas and so we’ve just seen the final I’s dotted and T’s crossed…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … London versus Europe: the deep division over banking regulations and rules It’s EU elections time, and so the mad moments begin. All of the eurocrats are keen to push through their final legislative agendas and so we’ve just seen the final I’s dotted and T’s crossed…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Why governments will fail to block the emergence of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Bitcoin has been through another turbulent time lately, peaking at a value of near $1300 per bitcoin on MTGox Japan in December, only to see this drop to under $300 today. What can…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Why governments will fail to block the emergence of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Bitcoin has been through another turbulent time lately, peaking at a value of near $1300 per bitcoin on MTGox Japan in December, only to see this drop to under $300 today. What can…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … It may be Valentine's Day, but is he or she worth it? (Infographic) It’s Valentines day and Goldman Sachs is talking about bringing back the love into banking. Lloyd Blankfein, the notorious CEO who talks about banks doing God’s Work whilst his staff call customers muppets and the media call…
