Things we're reading today include … Power List 2015: The 50 most influential people in the world The demise of HBOS: How it happened Bankers and politicians braced for long-delayed HBOS report HBOS’s former chiefs face fresh scrutiny FCA to scrutinise competition in £6.8 trillion asset management industry UK fund managers brace for hit on…
Things we're reading today include … Epayments a guide to alternatives to cash Citi trader sacked after forex rigging probe wins unfair dismissal case City of London's tallest skyscraper yet: the Pinnacle site on Bishopsgate will see building taller than the Gherkin and the Heron tower Chinese search engine Baidu looking to launch banking service…
Things we're reading today include … The top 100 brands for millennials Nationwide taps Garner’s tech talents Banks' crime fighters want to quit their jobs Paris attacks threaten stocks and Europe’s fragile recovery Bureaux de change pay the price as money-laundering rules bite Payday credit checking firm pulls out of the UK Clydesdale Bank goes…
Things we're reading today include … Robots threaten 15m UK jobs, says Bank of England's chief economist Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters buys another £1m in bank's shares End of ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banking Era Endorsed by World Leaders Tyrie to warn Bank of threat to bond market as liquidity falls We must keep UK banking…
Our main stories this week include … Greece is the word I receive a few infographics and don't publish all of them, but found this one very interesting. It portrays the current situation in Greece, which we all know has been suffering badly from the Sovereign Debt crisis and subsequent economic fallout. Key headlines include: The…
Things we're reading today include … Co-op Bank shows signs of recovery after near-collapse A sorry tale of how the cap on bankers' bonuses backfired Mario Draghi: ECB chief signals further monetary easing as deflation fears grow Banks expected to adopt new technologies rather than be overrun British banks ordered to stop dodging bonus cap…
Things we're reading today include … Apple in talks with U.S. banks for person-to-person payment service: WSJ Alibaba's Singles' Day sales surge 60 percent to $14.3 billion Alibaba's Singles' Day generates $3.9 billion in GMV in first hour 4 charts that show Singles Day cannot save China from economic slowdown Exclusive: Morgan Stanley turns to…
Things we're reading today include … Three charged in largest US cyber-hack EU bank chiefs paid less than US rivals Saudi Arabia to sell debt in the first sign the oil producer may be running out of cash AB InBev, HSBC, Google, 8 others to testify at EU tax hearing Britain's £34bn uncollected 'tax gap'…
Things we're reading today include … HSBC: Blockchain Tech Could Complement Central Bank Policies Canada's 'Bank of No Surprises' Turns Heads With Risk Surge China central bank chief sees yuan as international currency by 2020 on deepening reforms Deutsche Bank's Fine For Breaking Sanctions Is By No Means Its Biggest Problem Too big to fail…
Our main stories this week include … Are bankers just rearranging deckchairs? I had a really interesting evening this week, moderating an industry roundtable with panel organised by DataArt. It took place in the Armourer's Hall, a place that resonates of wars and battles, which was a fitting location for a discussion about Fintech versus Banking….
