Things we’re reading today include … SEC cracks down on severance agreements that deter whistleblowing SEC says fund used terminally ill in fraud Investment: Rise of the DIY algo traders Handelsbanken ejects chief executive and promotes UK boss Ex-Goldman Sachs trader barred from industry Handelsbanken fires chief executive Sudden slide of world’s weakest currency Iceland…
Things we’re reading today include: Bank sends widower letter offering him condolences for HIS OWN death Standard Chartered bringing biometrics to Asia, Africa and Middle East How U.S. sanctions targeted a Belize banana farmer, and hurt an economy Germans should have to work until 69, says Bundesbank Fidelity pushes for action on student debt Berkshire…
Things we’re reading today include … App-only bank Mondo just got a banking licence Royal Bank of Scotland to disappear for customers outside Scotland How your bank spies on your exact monthly income – and shares it with other firms Bank of England considers easing challenger burdens Only the Conservatives can fix capitalism China central…
Here are our key posts for the past week … Renewing core systems is like renovating the subways Someone recently equated banks and their systems and structures, to the underground in London. It’s a lot of pipes, wires, cables and tunnels that were built in the Victorian times and are still operating today. You have…
Things we’re reading today include … CMA outline plans to ‘radically change’ retail banking The competition watchdog is letting the banks off the hook Q&A: Banking reforms Brexit latest ‘Project Sauron’ malware hidden for five years Old Mutual sells £238m Italian wealth arm as part of separation Money laundering rule on prepaid cards stalled after…
Things we’re reading today include … Married boss of bailed-out bank enjoys business trip with secret mistress Deutsche Bank Fined $12.5 Million for ‘Squawk Box’ Failures Ten of the most expensive animals in the world Barclays pays a further $100m in the US over Libor fraud Watchdog targets banking ‘revolution’ Lloyds faces legal fight over…
Things we’re reading today include … UK taxpayers still have much to fear from RBS struggles UniCredit injects 1 billion euros into Bank Austria as part of unit split British jobs market ‘in freefall’ after Brexit vote as Bank warns 250,000 jobs will be lost over next few years Whistleblower says parliamentary committee on banking…
Here are our key posts for the past week … Looking for a live Unicorn I was chatting about Unicorns yesterday. I won’t say which one we talked about, but one specific firm was being picked on as unsustainable and incorrectly valued. I was particularly surprised to hear that their cost of customer acquisition is…
Things we’re reading today include … Goldman warns of Brexit restructuring Stop backing risky crowdfunding, MPs tell the government Bank of England unveils four-pronged stimulus package in bid to avoid Brexit recession US banks step up credit card push RSA profits jump as sterling’s Brexit slide boosts foreign earnings Banks offered cheap cash to boost…
Things we’re reading today include … Don’t Let Bank Regulators Create Another Japan The City of London is going to lose business from Brexit, say fund managers Banks turning to voice recognition First TV interview with £1.4bn loss trader RBS and Barclays hit by poor stress test showing UK claims global victory with first masala…
