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Things worth reading: 28th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Bank of England launches wide-ranging review of London's markets March of the regulators will destroy banking innovation Life after Libor: bankers to face personal fines for rigging prices Qatar to buy HSBC’s global HQ for £1.1bn Standard Chartered profit falls 16% German ex-banker guilty of bribery ECB stress test…

Things worth reading: 27th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Passing ECB stress tests is just the beginning for Europe's lenders Three reasons why the ECB bank stress tests are subpar Italian banks’ capital hole exposed by European financial stress test Vulnerable European banks identified ECB faces test of its own as Europe braces for landmark banking review Second…

Things worth reading: 27th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Passing ECB stress tests is just the beginning for Europe's lenders Three reasons why the ECB bank stress tests are subpar Italian banks’ capital hole exposed by European financial stress test Vulnerable European banks identified ECB faces test of its own as Europe braces for landmark banking review Second…

The Finanser’s Week: 20th October – 26th October 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Watch your back door first, rather than the horizons For a long time, we have considered that there will be massive change in banking; that new entrants like Google, Amazon and Facebook will eat the banker’s lunch; and that banks are weak and easy to attack. …

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The Finanser’s Week: 20th October – 26th October 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Watch your back door first, rather than the horizons For a long time, we have considered that there will be massive change in banking; that new entrants like Google, Amazon and Facebook will eat the banker’s lunch; and that banks are weak and easy to attack. …

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 13th October – 19th October 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … My head is in the clouds Like a few other speakers and writers I get around a little and, this week, I had the opportunity to keynote at Dreamforce in San Francisco.  Now, many of you may not have heard of or experienced Dreamforce, so I’m…

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The Finanser’s Week: 13th October – 19th October 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … My head is in the clouds Like a few other speakers and writers I get around a little and, this week, I had the opportunity to keynote at Dreamforce in San Francisco.  Now, many of you may not have heard of or experienced Dreamforce, so I’m…

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Things worth reading: 17th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Moynihan reshapes Bank of America for an era without big legal costs PayPal spinoff seen critical for eBay amid e-commerce weakness Goldman Sachs profits soar on bond market resurgence Exclusive: Goldman Sachs in talks to acquire ETF provider IndexIQ – sources Wonga picks Paul Miles as its new finance boss…

Things worth reading: 17th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Moynihan reshapes Bank of America for an era without big legal costs PayPal spinoff seen critical for eBay amid e-commerce weakness Goldman Sachs profits soar on bond market resurgence Exclusive: Goldman Sachs in talks to acquire ETF provider IndexIQ – sources Wonga picks Paul Miles as its new finance boss…

Things worth reading: 16th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Four things we've learned from the results posted by Wall Street giants so far Goldman Sachs profits leap 50% JPMorgan's profit misses; posts unexpected $1 billion legal expense Citi pullback highlights Asia importance The emergence of the counter-free bank branch Bank account switches hit 1.2 million The great British…