Shaping the future of finance
Things we’re reading today include … Becoming a digital bank Digital bank Monzo becomes Britain’s best-rated lender Bank crisis in Italy may spark ‘doom loop’ for UK, warns Bank of England UK peer-to-peer lender Zopa gets banking license as it looks to compete with industry giants UK banks can survive a disorderly Brexit, says Bank…
The main blog headlines are … Five digital transformation lessons In a final write-up on leadership, there was a fantastic presentation about the lessons DNB had learned in trying to make digital change happen. Solveig Hellebust, Group Executive Vice President for People & Operations at DNB or, as she called it, POP, talked about the…
Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank — 20 years after the deal that sealed its fate Deutsche Bank offices raided in connection with Panama Papers SocGen uses ‘digital speed-dating’ to win over investors China: trade deal possible at G20 if US is ‘fair minded’ Guns for sale: Now transparency shines a light on…
Things we’re reading today include … Which scientist should be on the £50 note: Hawking, Fleming, Turing … or Thatcher? Uber escapes major fine over a UK customer data leak as incident happened before GDPR IT failures at financial firms have more than doubled says FCA Goldman’s Malaysian woes deepen, StanChart plans a share buyback…
Things we’re reading today include … Monzo and Starling are making banks take mental health seriously Deutsche Bank shares hit record lows as German bank dragged into money laundering scandal Goldman Sachs offers London staff emergency nannies Exclusive: Visa, Mastercard offer tourist card fee cut in EU antitrust probe – sources Banking royal commission: Asic…
Things worth reading today include … Amazon hit with major data breach days before Black Friday ABN seeks UK licences to ward off Brexit threat Westpac chief executive blames bank’s ‘culture’ for ignoring Asic – as it happened Stamp duty revenue in England down 10% on a year ago Noel Edmonds’ jungle debut to coincide…
The main blog headlines are … Will Ripple replace SWIFT? It’s a big week of FinTech in Asia with Money 2020 China and the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) all taking place in the same week. One of the headlines emerging from SFF was an interview with Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple. The headline is from…
Things we’re reading today include … IMF says governments could set up their own cryptocurrencies Australian court rejects regulator’s record fine against Westpac Top law firm linked to subject of UK’s first unexplained wealth order The scandal of Goldman’s secret agent Goldman Sachs bankers ‘cheated’ Malaysia over 1MDB: PM Mahathir Global share markets tumble amid…
Things we’re reading today include … CYBG cancels digital bank deal with ex-Barclays chief Five ways banks are responding to the fintech threat Mark Carney ‘has damaged credibility of Bank of England’ Central bank independence – Is that even a thing? Rabobank explores sale of U.S. retail, wealth operations: sources HSBC plots return to Brazil…
