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Things worth reading: 1st August 2014

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds first-half profits plunge as cost of PPI compensation tops £10bn Lloyds prepares to resume dividends TSB and Santander take customers from bigger banks Santander: Bank clawback rules threaten UK BNP suffers record loss after US fine MasterCard profit rises 10 percent as card usage grows Credit Suisse dragged…

Things worth reading: 31st July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Bankers face seven-year clawback on bonuses and jail UK bankers feel shortchanged by bonus clampdown Bank bonus clawbacks could damage City, industry warns Vince Cable welcomes clawback on bankers' bonuses This latest round of banker bonus bashing is ludicrous Barclays first half profit declines 7pc Barclays dragged down by…

Things worth reading: 30th July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Bank denies burlesque dancers business account because they are 'moral problem' Europe’s investment banks bounce back To FICC or not to FICC? UBS and Deutsche try to answer the question Deutsche Bank profit rises as investment bank focus pays off Deutsche Bank takes lead in fixed income UBS sees…

Things worth reading: 29th July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds to pay £218 million in fines over Libor rigging Mark Carney considers further action over £218m Lloyds fine for rigging fees owed for taxpayer  Exclusive: Goldman moves executive to new role building ETFs Is Standard Life preparing a new headquarters outside Scotland? Citi to hire 100 bankers in…

Things worth reading: 28th July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Rise in younger fraudsters says KPMG JP Morgan questioned on private bank impropriety: WSJ Banks to report bumper profits as bad loans fall 'Community banks' to avert debt trap Banks named in silver-fix lawsuit 'You are too old for a credit card', bank tells customer Trust Goldman Sachs to…

The Finanser’s Week: 21st July – 27th July 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Are you a career optimist or a headless chicken? I just read some interesting research by the Bank Workers Charity, a charity set up over a century ago to provide education to orphans but, today, a charity that looks after the needs of redundant or sick…

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Things worth reading: 25th July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Computer hacker tries to extort money from ECB Barclays fights for dismissal of US legal action over dark pool traders Barclays attempts to have 'dark pool' fraud lawsuit thrown out of court Barclays defends ‘dark pool’ venue Dark pools – what Barclays is being accused of Standard Chartered backs…

Things worth reading: 24th July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Metro Bank reports strong growth but still fails to challenge the Big Four If British banking is 'one step up from a quill', why is Metro finding it so hard to break in? We need more banks, but the public must demand them MPs attack RBS bosses over claims…

Things worth reading: 23rd July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Deutsche bank suffers from litany of reporting problems, regulators said MPs attack RBS bosses as 'wilfully obtuse' over claims about small business scandal Credit Suisse reports biggest quarterly loss since 2008  Middle age catches up with StanChart Payday loan firms 'bombarding vulnerable people with nuisance phone calls' Banks trade…

Things worth reading: 22nd July 2014

Things we're reading today include … Why Atom Bank chose to start a banking revolution from Durham Credit Suisse says swings to second-quarter net loss on U.S. tax settlement Credit Suisse posts quarterly loss Credit Suisse quits commodities trading and trims investment bank Bank of England oversight body gets three new directors Business Banking Hedge…

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