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Things worth reading: 30th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Visa sees mobile payment as big growth driver Studies find fast traders get data from SEC seconds early: WSJ 'Rip-off' payday loan broker warning Lord Hill set to clash with EU on Tobin tax Saudi firm sues Barclays for $10bn Exiting UK is 'absolute priority', says Clydesdale and Yorkshire…

Things worth reading: 29th October 2014

Things we're reading today include … Tesco ATM promises 'free erections' Lloyds to axe 9,000 jobs as it confirms plans to shut 150 bank branches Lloyds to axe 200 branches as ‘last in town’ pledge expires Lloyds Bank closures: Branch transactions to halve within three years Deutsche Bank swings to €92m loss Deutsche Bank reshuffles board…

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: 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. …

Invest Northern Ireland

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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