Things we’re reading today include … Amazon can go big in finance but is unlikely to open a bank, Goldman says Bank ready to act if UK faces disorderly Brexit, Mark Carney says The World’s Most Profitable Banks Can Be Found in India Trump signs the biggest rollback of bank rules since the financial crisis…
Things we’re reading today include … Small banks trump Wall Street on Dodd-Frank rewrite City watchdog tells banks to uncover ‘dirty money’ with robots and AI Deutsche Bank chair Paul Achleitner faces investor revolt Banks ‘charging more’ for overdrafts than payday lenders Nationwide warns of ‘intense competition’ as profits slide New York Stock Exchange appoints first…
Things we’re reading today include … Japan’s Biggest Bank to Switch on Blockchain Payments in 2020 Could smartphones replace bank branches? Ant Financial valued at $150bn in offering City watchdog bans finance boss of firm owned by couple dubbed ‘vampires of debt’ Qatar charges against Barclays dismissed Barclays may have been cleared, but scrutiny of…
Things we’re reading today include … UK turns blind eye to dirty Russian money, say MPs TSB customers still unable to access accounts four weeks after ‘glitch’ Italy must present Monte dei Paschi exit plan by 2019: CEO tells paper City risks backlash with plea for visa waiver after Brexit Macquarie Bank withheld $875,000 from…
The main blog headlines are … Big bank thinking and the danger of the technology testing hole Building on Friday’s blog about small bank thinking, there’s another anomaly that occurs with big banks which is their usual response to technology is to test it. The problem with testing technology is that it is just a…
Things we’re reading today include … TSB customers complain about fraud alert failures Banks abandon interest-only home loans amid FCA scrutiny of ‘mortgage prisoners’ Germany most likely to win the World Cup, say UBS number-crunchers Expensive remittances Defusing mortgage timebomb ‘like Space Invaders’ PayPal acquires Swedish payments firm iZettle Home Office suspends immigration checks on…
Things we’re reading today include … Are Apple, Amazon and Facebook the future of banking? Apps are the new bank branches and tellers Thomson Reuters to shift forex derivatives business out of London in Brexit preparation TSB accused of ‘dreadful response’ to meltdown Bank of England deputy apologises for ‘offence caused’ by describing economy as…
Things we’re reading today include … Singapore’s Biggest Bank Takes on China Giants in Fintech Battle Banks are already bumping up against the limits of AI in lending decisions Santander Will Roll Out New Online Bank In UK Inside Shanghai’s robot bank: China opens world’s first human-free branch Eurozone economic slowdown might not be a…
Things we’re reading today include … People who used Barclays Bank cash machines were charged twice Eisman of ‘The Big Short’ Fame Recommends Shorting Deutsche Bank A German bank is using Bitcoin to handle international loans The UK economy’s slowdown is clear to all. Except the Bank of England HSBC says performs first trade finance…
