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The Finanser’s Week: 12th December – 18th December 2016

A summary of the main blogs of the week … Open Banking consultation (deadline December 23 2016) I’ve been talking a lot about open sourcing financial services this year and, more recently, tracking Open Banking.   The Open Banking Working Group was launched just over a year by HM Treasury to create an Open Banking Standard.  The…

Things worth reading: 16th December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … Brexit trade deal could take 10 years, says UK’s ambassador Euro tumbles to 14-year low against the dollar Lloyd’s of London plots EU shift to ward off Brexit threat Don’t be afraid to fight for the City, Lords tell the Government  US Federal Reserve raises interest rates: what happens…

Things worth reading: 15th December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … HSBC shutting four bank branches a week Wells Fargo fails ‘living will’ test, faces restrictions: U.S. regulators One billion accounts may have been breached in latest Yahoo attack Watchdog eyes revamp of financial compensation scheme Brexit: Warning firms could leave City over uncertainty Why is the US Federal Reserve…

Things worth reading: 14th December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … ‘Bank let me withdraw $2million so I spent it on strippers, cocaine and fast cars’ Wells Fargo fails US bankruptcy test for a second time UniCredit shares soar on plan to raise billions UniCredit unveils €13bn fundraising and plans to cut 14,000 jobs HSBC closes a quarter of branches,…

Things worth reading: 13th December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … Exclusive: SWIFT confirms new cyber thefts, hacking tactics Fed gives banks five years to comply with Volcker Rule limits City watchdog to review mortgage market competition $1,570,000,000,000: how much the world spent on arms this year  Barclays exits retail banking in Europe after selling off last vestiges of French…

The Finanser’s Week: 5th December – 11th December 2016

This week’s main blog items are … The unbankable banked Reflecting on the last year, it’s been crazy.  I feel like I’ve spent most of the year jumping on and off airplanes.  Most visited cities are London, for obvious reasons, and Singapore.  I must have been there five or six times this year, and that…

Things worth reading: 5th December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … Italy in race to seal €5bn bank bail-out after Referendum rejection RBS chiefs ‘knew investment bank’s head wasn’t up to the job’ in run-up to near collapse US banks face clash over EU regulations Financial sector struggles with vision for Brexit RBS offers to settles shareholder lawsuit for £800m…

The Finanser’s Week: 27th November – 4th December 2016

A summary of the main blogs of the week … What do retail customers want? I blogged the other day about too many banks and that there’s not a big enough market for forty of them here in Britain.  It made me think about what do customers really want?  We talk about digital, apps, mobile…

Things worth reading: 2nd December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … UBS picks Frankfurt over London for wealth management business Referendum adds to Italian banks’ woes Insurers grapple with cyber-attacks that spill over into physical damage Smart money? Revising bank-capital standards Singapore to ban ex-Goldman banker amid 1MDB probe Rule breakers face bigger possible fines from CME Group Banking app…

Things worth reading: 1st December 2016

Things we’re reading today include … Banking app targets budgeting millennials Former Barclays banker hearings adjourned Logica pair plead guilty to insider dealing RBS fails toughest Bank of England stress test as Barclays and Standard Chartered struggle Bank of England yields to vegan pressure over plastic fivers The health of UK banks is still far…

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