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Things worth reading: 8th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Exclusive: Wells Fargo sanctions are on ice under Trump official – sources China’s financial system harbours large risks, says IMF RBS boss likens bitcoin to Dante’s Inferno as currency tops $15,000 Bitcoin plummets more than 12 percent to below $15,000 Chat and pay JPMorgan’s Dimon taking customer pricing hints…

Things worth reading: 7th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … China’s debt levels pose stability risk, says IMF Mifid II impact on investment banking ‘exaggerated’ Bitcoin to start futures trading, stoking Wild West worries UK banks have 2m customers stuck in permanent overdraft ‘Dear Mark Carney… capitalism stinks’: Bank complaint letters revealed The Queen’s bankers dismiss bitcoin as pure…

Things worth reading: 6th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Tapping into India’s digital payments revolution Bank of England mulls ordering banks to raise buffers against disorderly Brexit  Deutsche Bank’s €710bn asset management arm gets pre-IPO makeover Trump’s personal banking information handed over to Robert Mueller Bitcoin surges above $12,000 to record high on relentless demand UK group adds…

Things worth reading: 5th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Brazil’s first online bank ramps up innovation Behind the rusty vault doors of an abandoned Alabama bank The survival hopes of big banks may rest on machines Big banks putting UK’s free-to-use ATM network at risk, warns peer Mastercard to repurchase up to $4 billion of its shares Confusion…

Things worth reading: 4th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Digital banking: a tough way to make money Best banking apps revealed IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of Cryptocurrency Bitcoin investors hoping to make billions may end up with a sack of fool’s gold UK banks warn over EU rules to ringfence foreign capital…

The Finanser’s Week: 27th November – 3rd December 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … Proving digital transformation works for shareholder returns I wrote about the fact that digital transformation does not create greater shareholder value … yet … and then DBS announce that they are the first bank in the world to demonstrate the link between digitization and shareholder value creation on…

Things worth reading: 1st December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Has the mystery over the LSE boss’s departure been solved? RBS axes a quarter of its bank branches with loss of 680 jobs ‘Tireless’ couple who investigated HBOS fraud settle claim with Lloyds RBS brings curtain down on ‘toxic’ bank Australia to hold royal commission inquiry into banks Is…

Things worth reading: 30th November 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Bubble trouble? Bitcoin tops $11,000, but fades after sharp rally Bitcoin bubble? Why India’s government is pumping money into banks Barclays hires Alphabet and Timpson bosses for board of UK ring-fenced bank Lloyds takeover of HBOS felt ‘like two ocean liners about to collide’, ex-bank boss tells High Court…

Things worth reading: 29th November 2017

Things we’re reading today include … RESEARCH: European banks’ reaction to PSD2 [PDF] Alibaba-Backed Paytm Aims to Become World’s Largest Digital Bank Rise of the robots to force 700m workers into new careers by 2030 Pound soars against the euro on Brexit divorce bill breakthrough UK banks can weather chaotic Brexit but RBS and Barclays…

The Finanser’s Week: 20th November – 26th November 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … Banks could be dinosaurs and some of them know it I have bias. I admit it. I have a certain proclivity to be nice to people who hire me, so this is an upfront statement of subjectivity. I am not objective. Nevertheless, there are certain companies who warm…

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