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The Finanser’s Week: 24th November – 30th November 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Card companies are more social than banks I often talk about how our work-life balance has disappeared and that we now have just a tech-life balance.  Social and professional have merged.  What was personal is now shared, and things that would usually be private are now…

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Things worth reading: 28th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … Apple Store inspires 'bank of the future' Banks’ technology failing the ‘Apple experience’ test Former Barclays boss Diamond wants to snap up banking assets One in five are victims of bank card fraud Fall in value of LCH.Clearnet rate swaps Bank loan scheme once again fails to improve business…

Things worth reading: 28th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … Apple Store inspires 'bank of the future' Banks’ technology failing the ‘Apple experience’ test Former Barclays boss Diamond wants to snap up banking assets One in five are victims of bank card fraud Fall in value of LCH.Clearnet rate swaps Bank loan scheme once again fails to improve business…

Things worth reading: 27th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … Technology makes thousands of front- and back-office bank jobs extinct The death of boring banking Living Wells Bank reforms will help lift Europe’s struggling economy Britain's FBI' probes corrupt use of UK shell companies in £13bn laundering scam Lending Club boosts size of planned IPO Europe’s biggest lenders face…

Things worth reading: 27th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … Technology makes thousands of front- and back-office bank jobs extinct The death of boring banking Living Wells Bank reforms will help lift Europe’s struggling economy Britain's FBI' probes corrupt use of UK shell companies in £13bn laundering scam Lending Club boosts size of planned IPO Europe’s biggest lenders face…

Things worth reading: 26th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … 'Aggressive' credit card market to be investigated by City watchdog Financial watchdog launches study into UK's credit card market Britain's credit card addiction: in four scary charts Interest-free deals ‘trap millions in spiral of debt’ Discover Financial sues Visa over anti-competitive card practices Botin ousts Santander chief executive De…

Things worth reading: 26th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … 'Aggressive' credit card market to be investigated by City watchdog Financial watchdog launches study into UK's credit card market Britain's credit card addiction: in four scary charts Interest-free deals ‘trap millions in spiral of debt’ Discover Financial sues Visa over anti-competitive card practices Botin ousts Santander chief executive De…

Things worth reading: 25th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … RBS sorry for 'incorrect' evidence Cable’s guru scorns RBS ‘mockery’ of small firms RBS 'wanted critic's mortgage back' James Moore: It’s abundantly clear, Sir Philip: banking’s new leaders are failing James Moore: A not-so-fine romance for Aviva shareholders Goldman to disclose profit on LIA trades Deloitte to probe BoE…

Things worth reading: 25th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … RBS sorry for 'incorrect' evidence Cable’s guru scorns RBS ‘mockery’ of small firms RBS 'wanted critic's mortgage back' James Moore: It’s abundantly clear, Sir Philip: banking’s new leaders are failing James Moore: A not-so-fine romance for Aviva shareholders Goldman to disclose profit on LIA trades Deloitte to probe BoE…

Things worth reading: 24th November 2014

Things we're reading today include … Bank customer locked inside Metro Bank branch for FIVE hours New computer spying bug discovered RBS apologises for misleading Treasury Select Committee Italian bank Intesa eyes UK's Coutts International: FT Mutuals account for a record low share of mortgages and savings Bank of England investigates staff over possible auction…