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Things worth reading: 16th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … Spain’s Banco Sabadell hires IBM for 1 billion euro IT upgrade The fallacy behind passive fund management Chinese financial institutions can cope with foreign competition: central bank Goldman profits slump on 1MDB legal woes US says ‘flash crash’ trader should not face further prison time Bank of America beats…

Things worth reading: 15th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … JPMorgan: built to scale Citigroup beats estimates on credit card, trading revenue growth Santander latest bank to set 40% overdraft rate ECB should be more open and democratic under Christine Lagarde | Barry Eichengreen TSB to invest £120m in IT digital banking in Edinburgh Climate change to drive ‘massive’…

Things worth reading: 14th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … Visa to pay $5.3 billion to buy fintech startup Plaid Travelex: Travel money services still down after cyber-attack Banks go big in the hunt for fintech success Trump to drop labeling China a currency manipulator, report says EU trade chief foresees ‘financial services for fishing’ Brexit bargain JPMorgan puts…

Things worth reading: 13th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … Lloyds warns staff to expect first bonus cut in four years Bank of England’s Sam Woods warns of crackdown on the City LSE set to send $27bn Refinitiv deal to EU watchdog May I have a word about… nudniks and quantamental investing | Jonathan Bouquet Bank of England policy-maker…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd December 2019 – 12th January 2020

The main blog headlines are … Welcome to 2020: What’s new? Welcome to 2020. It’s a new day. It’s a new year. It’s a new decade. And yes, I’m feeling good. 2020. This is a year all of us futurists have looked forward to for over two decades as, back in 2000, it became popular…

Things worth reading: 10th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … Indigenous man and girl handcuffed for opening bank account Singapore receives 21 applications for five digital bank licences Customers threaten to leave Tandem Bank after announcement of new £6 monthly charge Goldman Sachs answers investor demands on consumer bank The banking tech trends that will dominate 2020 Challenger banks…

Things worth reading: 9th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … Pension funds urge Barclays to stop lending to fossil fuel firms World Bank warns on global growth World Bank warns of global debt crisis amid borrowing buildup What’s at the heart of a credit score that can ruin a life SEC drops insider trading allegations over Anadarko deal Travelex:…

Things worth reading: 8th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … Barclays £322m Qatar deal ‘could be seen as way to hide payments’ Ignoring climate risk costs more than tackling it Former Goldman banker pleads guilty to insider trading Bitcoin: Should cryptocurrency owners make a will? Travelex customers ‘thousands of pounds out of pocket’ Wall Street influencers: who to look…

Things worth reading: 7th January 2020

Things we’re reading today include … The rise of the invisible bank Singapore Digital Bank Licenses Draw 21 Applications Few Bank Failures Could Be a Warning Sign for U.S. Financial System Digital Banking Have You Befuddled? Top bosses earn annual wage of average worker by end of today Ex-Barclays banker says group ‘wrestled’ with Qatari…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th December – 22nd December 2019

The main blog headlines are … Have Yourself a Merry FinTech Christmas So it’s the holiday season and time for some time off. I’m back on January 6th 2020. The only thing I can say is … here’s to a fantastic 2020 … the year of Doing Digital.    “Stop what you are doing and…

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