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Things worth reading: 12th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … New economic crime agency to crack down on £90bn-a-year UK money laundering P2P currency exchanges continue cash revolution Brexit: City of London will lose 10,500 jobs on day one, says EY HSBC spared further US money laundering sanctions as it battles to clean up its act Hotly anticipated bitcoin…

Things worth reading: 11th December 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Why banks will share your financial secrets Deutsche Bank hands bank records of Trump affiliates to Robert Mueller The ‘bank’ message that cost a student £5,400 of her loan money Why a hard Brexit for financial services is unlikely Stress test the world economy to nip future crises in…

The Finanser’s Week: 4th December – 10th December 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … How difficult is financial inclusion? There were lots and lots and lots, literally, of focus upon mobile and financial inclusion in my Sudan conference. I guess because only 4% of the adults who live there are banked. You heard me, just four percent. There are over 20 million…

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…