Things we’re reading today include … Bank of England economist Andy Haldane says Britons have saved bundles of cash during the pandemic Can the European Central Bank keep the surging euro in check? BBVA-Sabadell merger talks cap decade of forced consolidation for Spanish banks Ant, Grab Become First Tech Firms to Run Banks in Singapore…
Things we’re reading today include … Stripe makes banking-as-a-service play The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020 Settling tokenised assets in central bank money Bank shareholders are squealing for their dividends. They should be ignored Bank of England enlists development partner to unlock cloud Call for probe into ‘missing’ £50bn of UK cash
Things we’re reading today include … All Bank Branches to Close by 2034 Absa bank embroiled in data leak, rogue employee accused of theft How a national infrastructure bank could transform the UK economy Monzo raises £60 million Trump’s Deutsche Bank Loans Appear To Be In Trouble European allies pushed back when Trump sanctioned Iran’s…
Things we’re reading today include … Every major US bank has now come out against Arctic drilling Bank account shutdown hurting communities sending $10 billion a year to family overseas Equivalence row looms over London ETF hub role Lloyds chief António Horta-Osório to chair Credit Suisse Bitcoin peaks at record high close to $20,000 How…
Things we’re reading today include … China banking regulator says property market is biggest ‘grey rhino’ Break up UK’s big high street banks, say cross-party MPs EU doesn’t need Brexit ‘at any price’, says Angela Merkel – video Watchdog suspects EY knew it issued ‘factually inaccurate’ Wirecard audit Lloyds Banking Group names Charlie Nunn as…
Things we’re reading today include … JPMorgan, Lloyds Set Sights on Starling Bank, Times Reports Warning lights are flashing for Big Tech as they did for banks TSB owner Sabadell considers bank’s future as BBVA deal scrapped ‘Piles of cash at home’: Hong Kong leader says US sanctions mean she has no bank account HSBC…
The main blog discussions this week include … Is Google going head-to-head with banks? We talk a lot about Big Tech moving into big banking … but then we have talked about that for years. Now, with the revamped strategy for Google towards payments and finance, is Big Tech finally making its move into big…
Things we’re reading today include … Bank Of America Option Trader Makes $2.6M Bet The Stock Is Headed Lower By January Noteworthy: Clydesdale Bank’s demise German watchdog reports EY to prosecutors over Wirecard audit Europe’s finance sector braced for ‘peak uncertainty’ ahead of January Britons ‘misunderstand and distrust economics data’ Amazon spends $500m on bonuses…
Things we’re reading today include … Bank of America says these 2 areas in technology are still undervalued and have room to run in 2021 Banks looking to confidential computing for solutions to money laundering, theft, and fraud Wall Street banks slam lending proposal as ‘unworkable’ and ‘political’ Ethical funds are booming but there are…
