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Things worth reading: 14th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Starling Bank supercharges its marketing with electric car tie-up Europe’s central bank has a plan — now comes the hard part Elon Musk turned down banking to work 120 hour weeks in tech The marketplace where your bank details are on sale for £12 JPMorgan’s investment bank slips by…

Things worth reading: 13th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Fashionable digital transformation specialists keep leaving banks Bank profits are poised to surge as the pandemic recedes Central bank cryptocurrencies: Bank of International Settlements says lets work together The European Central Bank focuses on climate change ‘Death By A Thousand FinTech Cuts’ Is A Risk Big Banks Cannot Ignore…

Things worth reading: 12th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … 11:FS, Starling, Snoop and Zopa among the big British Bank Awards 2021 winners Britons may have their bank account and social media monitored Banks have helped the scammers to thrive ECB to crack down on dangerous risks in banks’ leveraged lending BlackRock’s Fink Urges World Bank, IMF Overhaul for…

The Finanser’s Week: 5th July 2021- 11th July 2021

This week’s main blog discussions included … Hello, would you like to be our CEO? I was imagining if I walked into a big bank job today. You are hired as CEO of Mega-Global-Bank PLC. What’s going on? Well, number one, no-one has any idea where the economy is going. There’s a global pandemic. Everything…

Things worth reading: 9th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … China’s central bank is ‘quite worried’ about global risks from some digital currencies BofA Debuts Crypto Research Team in Latest Wall Street Push Turkish bank Akbank resumes services after major blackout Revolt Against Bank Fees Mints a $3 Billion Fortune for Wise Fintech Founders Lloyds ‘sorry’ as bank fined…

Things worth reading: 7th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Chime, A Banking App, Has Been Suddenly Closing Accounts, Sometimes Not Returning Customers’ Money Bank of England searches for new CIO amid once-in-a-generation project Atom Bank reaches £3bn mortgage completions and £1bn savings mark Deutsche Bank Steals UBS Wealth Team China’s Central Bank Sends Another Warning To Companies Against…

Things worth reading: 6th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Up to a MILLION companies are hit in biggest global ransomware attack on record Barclays Blocks Card Payments to Binance Wise’s FX land grab merits $6 bln valuation Money laundering investigation casts shadow over Wise flotation The people with power at Revolut: a map of Nik Storonsky’s top team…

Things worth reading: 5th July 2021

Things we’re reading today include: ‘Klarna effect’ propels digital bank Revolut to £21bn valuation in SoftBank talks Reserve Bank of India warns against Big Tech’s potential to dominate financial services Central banks face up to the daunting task of quitting QE Central banks said to be returning to buying gold, moving out of the USD…

The Finanser’s Week: 28th June 2021- 4th July 2021

This week’s main blog discussions included … The economic outlook post-pandemic: more caring and sharing? There are 100s of economic forecast reports out there, but I got one this morning from the Asian bank DBS with the following headlines: Growth normalising The reopening of US and European economies points to a snapback in economic growth…

Things worth reading: 2nd July 2021

Things we’re reading today include … While central banks preach wokery, an inflationary spectre creeps up behind Barclays to move investment bank staff into London HQ “I left my banking job rather than returning to the office” Deutsche Bank Hong Kong IPO licence to expire after staffing error TSB Bank says it’s acting ‘reasonably’ by…

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