Blog Index

Jan 9, 2011

The Finanser’s Week: 20th December 2010 – 9th January 2011

Our biggest stories of the week are … A few predictions for 2111 … Welcome to 2011 and I hope you all had a lovely, jubbly holiday. And so back to work and we'll spend most of this week forecasting the next year, but first look forward 100 years to 2111, as I promised…

Dec 19, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 13th December – 19th December 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Is there any competition in banking? So along I go to the Independent Commission on Banking’s (ICB) Hearing this week on bank competition and financial inclusion. For those unfamiliar with the ICB, they are the idea of the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, who asked the…

Dec 12, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 6th December – 12th December 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … The SEPA end-date is not the end I had a fun day in Brussels this week. Well, it was fun for me anyway, although I’m not so sure about the conference folks attending as we were discussing the PSD and SEPA … again … as usual….

Dec 5, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 29th November – 5th December 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Banksquare: the new sharing service from your bank We've talked a lot about how banks are behind the mark when it comes to social media. Now let's take a look at the next generation bank statement … The future of mobile telephones If you're excited about…

Nov 28, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 22nd November – 28th November 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Barclays: Banks Behaving Badly Antony Jenkins, the Head of Barclays Global Retail Division ,appeared on BBC Radio’s Today program saying that the level of consumer complaints to banks in general, and to Barclays specifically, is “not acceptable”. Looking at the numbers of complaints upheld by the…

Nov 21, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 15th November – 21st November 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Monthly MiFID Monitor We are pleased to provide our eighth month of monitoring the MTF performances in European Equities trading, in partnership with Thomson Reuters Equity Market Share Reporter (EMSR). The US mortgage crisis infographic I got a nice email from mortgage rates today saying that…

Nov 14, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 8th November – 14th November 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Why banks and socials agree to disagree SIBOS sparked several big conversations this year, one of which is what Generation Y wants from their bank. In particular, Venessa Miemis wrote some interesting thoughts on her blog about her impressions of SIBOS and talks about what she…

Nov 7, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 1st November – 7th November 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … Dinners discussing lending and the back office The Financial Services Club has two events this month, that are free to attend for qualifying financial professionals. The first is looking at how to deal with back office peaks and troughs. The second focuses upon the state of Britain's lending…

Oct 31, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 25th October – 31st October 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are all about SIBOS, the annual tradeshow run by SWIFT … Top Tips for TradeshowsThis year’s SIBOS has three themes: regulation, recovery and rebuilding trust. So, let’s explore these briefly. Chew lips from Amsterdam A discussion with the market infrastructures for clearing and settlement. Banks are just safe keepers…

Oct 24, 2010

The Finanser’s Week: 18th October – 24th October 2010

Our biggest stories of the week are … The future of the City of London The City of London has only been attractive for finance due to its openness, ease of doing business, skills base and low tax. As the government attacks all of these areas and makes it less attractive, will international banks…