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Things worth reading: 10th July 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Wells Fargo CEO ‘pleased’ with preliminary approval of $142 million settlement Analysts saved by stroke of the FCA’s pen Theresa May’s election woes spark jitters among UK finance chiefs Top bankers back calls for revamp to protect small firms Goldman Sachs is 2017’s worst-selling fund manager with $27 billion…

The Finanser’s Week: 3rd July – 9th July 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … The Top 1000 banks in the world I’ve written a column for The Banker magazine for the last 15 years and, during that time, have collected their special July edition each year.  Every July The Banker publishes their analysis of the Top 1000 banks in the world.  In the 1990s,…

Things worth reading: 7th July 2017

Things we’re reading today include … City watchdog chief pushes for Brexit transition deal for financial services Brexit should not end UK financial firms’ access to EU, says FCA Keep euro clearing in London but share oversight with Brussels, says Barclays’ John McFarlane Worldpay deal sparks scrutiny of EU state aid rules MetLife seeks new…

Things worth reading: 6th July 2017

Things we’re reading today include …   Deutsche Bank Makes Plans to Bolster Frankfurt Hub in London Retreat German banks pose a threat that politicians want to hide Hackers steal Bitcoin funds from Bithumb exchange traders Lloyds Bank overhauls top team as Antonio Horta-Osorio looks to the future Worldpay suffers reversal of fortune Worldpay unveils…

Things worth reading: 5th July 2017

Things we’re reading today include: Europe’s top bank watchdog makes case for optimism More than 80,000 Italians apply for just 30 bank jobs, as economy remains in doldrums Plan to put a mini computer screen on bank cards France to propose new measures to lure City banks to Paris FSA warned Lloyds in 2012 about…

Things worth reading: 4th July 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Italy ON BRINK: Now THIRD Italian bank demands cash injection ‘Interest rate rise now would be a mistake’ The Trump administration—not the Fed—has it right on bank regulation US sanctions Chinese bank for links to North Korea Former COO of Deutsche Bank joins MortgageGym Ex-Barclays bankers appear in court…

Things worth reading: 3rd July 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Ex-FCA enforcer McDermott joins board of new bank lobby group Can the Bank get Britain to kick its cheap credit habit? China’s $9tn bond market opens up to foreign investors Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui opens Frankfurt office to avoid Brexit ‘disruption’ City of London ‘to press EU for…

The Finanser’s Week: 25th June – 2nd July 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … How we travel today will change massively tomorrow I was chatting with a friend about what he’s up to these days.  He started talking earnestly about looking up his family ancestry.  With the internet these days, you can quickly find your grandparents, great grandparents, great-great grandparents and even…

Things worth reading: 30th June 2017

Things we’re reading today include … 20 years on FCA links up with US regulators in car loans probe UK remains Europe’s top destination for foreign investment in financial services Haldane: UK pay has flatlined Bitcoin accepted at New York pre-school The complicated failure of two Italian lenders Kenya launches the world’s first mobile-only sovereign…

Things worth reading: 27th June 2017

Things we’re reading today include … U.K. challenger bank Starling sets up in Ireland and clears flightpath to Europe Trump could use alternate routes to roll back bank reforms Bank of China, Tencent to Trial Blockchain in New Research Effort Blockchain technology is moving into the financial mainstream with IBM and seven European banks Italy…

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