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The Finanser’s Week: 30th January – 5th February 2017

A summary of the main blogs of the week … The Semantic Regulator (#RegTech Rules) A bank has to make a regulatory change every 12 minutes.  That’s some task.  A bigger question must also be: how can a regulatory check that a bank is compliant with their regulatory changes, if their regulations change every 12…

Things worth reading: 3rd February 2017

Things we’re reading today include … City fears German raid on Carsten Kengeter’s office could hit Deutsche-LSE merger Worldpay hires Santander exec as new UK boss  Ex-HBOS banker ‘sold his soul for swag’ Deutsche Bank results hit by legal costs Trump effect ‘has been good for UK’ says central banker Moody’s says US passive to…

Things worth reading: 2nd February 2017

Things we’re reading today include … After the Wells Fargo scandal, millennials deserve a ‘Netflix model’ for banking How Banks Can Keep Up With Digital Disruptors Dan Loeb: Trump will make hedge funds great again Derivatives ‘Big Bang’ catches market off guard SoFi adds to portfolio with Zenbanx deal Deutsche Bank slips to £1.6bn loss…

Things worth reading: 1st February 2017

Things we’re reading today include … What the World’s Biggest Bank Bosses Say About Brexit Exodus How we nailed the crooked HBOS bank boss who cost us £11million Atom Bank has raised £100 million and will announce within weeks Deutsche Bank’s $630m Russia fine reflects badly on bankin Pound surges after Donald Trump’s trade chief…

Things worth reading: 31st January 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Former HBOS manager found guilty of corruption and fraud Former top City regulator joins Standard Chartered JPMorgan in push to mine customer data Bank of England pumps £5bn into firms and £20bn into banks to keep interest rates down  UniCredit capital warning spooks investors MasterCard wins ruling in battle…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd January – 29th January 2017

A summary of the main blogs of the week … Laundering-as-a-Service (a bank USP) I was surprised the other day when I met Pawel Kuskowski, CEO and Co-founder of Coinfirm, a start-up firm offering Compliance-as-a-Service.  Pawel has been trained in compliance and AML, having worked with some of the world’s biggest financial institutions including AIG…

Things worth reading: 27th January 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Alibaba’s Ant Financial buys MoneyGram for $880m €2.5bn cost of Mifid II rattles asset managers Dutch regulator mistakenly reveals Soros short positions TSB plans ‘year of liberation’ as it finally breaks free of rival and former owner Lloyds Lucky money Co-op Bank warns it will miss capital target Barclays…

Things worth reading: 26th January 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Fintech ‘boom’ risks fresh ‘bust’ if left unchecked, warns Carney JPMorgan wins $1tn custody mandate from BlackRock Dutch regulator mistakenly reveals short positions Santander boss: London to remain Europe’s financial hub Which country is the most corrupt in the world – and where does Britain rank? Eurozone set for…

Things worth reading: 25th January 2017

Things we’re reading today include … How Deutsche Bank Made a $462 Million Loss Disappear The world’s getting more corrupt – but Britain remains one of the most honest countries HSBC to close 62 more branches this year CBI boss says Theresa May speech sent ‘shockwaves’ through EU businesses Central Bank of Ireland on guard…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th January – 22nd January 2017

A summary of the main blogs of the week … FiBD: The FinTech Bullshit Detector I’ve been wondering for a while how so many companies can be starting up something in the same space, and how are they surviving?  The reason for mentioning it is that we keep hearing these numbers around how many billions…

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