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Things worth reading: 13th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … EU watchdog aims to cool Bitcoin fever Bitcoin: Price v hype Bitcoin start-up raises $25m funding Former Icelandic bank bosses jailed Bank of America's Merrill to pay $132 million in SEC case over mortgages Analysis: SEC plans to take more cases to trial despite losses British businesses take off…

Things worth reading: 12th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds Bank fined record £28m by FCA over toxic ‘sell or be demoted’ scheme Lloyds hit by record £28m retail conduct fine over bullying sales tactics Death of a Lloyds salesman Bank fines go to good causes after rule change The 12 cyber-scams of Christmas European financial tax suffers…

Things worth reading: 12th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds Bank fined record £28m by FCA over toxic ‘sell or be demoted’ scheme Lloyds hit by record £28m retail conduct fine over bullying sales tactics Death of a Lloyds salesman Bank fines go to good causes after rule change The 12 cyber-scams of Christmas European financial tax suffers…

Things worth reading: 11th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … U.S. passes Volcker Rule: US regulators ban risky trades U.S. finalizes Volcker rule, curbing Wall Street's risky trades Wall Street banks lose battle over Volcker Rule Volcker rule: overruled Volcker Rule: Q&A Defining prop trading is hard enough, but good governance? And, in other news: JPMorgan files patent on…

Things worth reading: 11th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … U.S. passes Volcker Rule: US regulators ban risky trades U.S. finalizes Volcker rule, curbing Wall Street's risky trades Wall Street banks lose battle over Volcker Rule Volcker rule: overruled Volcker Rule: Q&A Defining prop trading is hard enough, but good governance? And, in other news: JPMorgan files patent on…

Things worth reading: 10th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … Ex-Goldman Sachs banker jailed in UK in Nigerian corruption case Ex-Deutsche Bank employee in HK guilty of taking $3.7m in bribes HSBC eyes £20bn spin-off of UK retail arm Why HSBC is unlikely to spin off its UK business HSBC retail arm spin-off talk fails to impress the City…

Things worth reading: 10th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … Ex-Goldman Sachs banker jailed in UK in Nigerian corruption case Ex-Deutsche Bank employee in HK guilty of taking $3.7m in bribes HSBC eyes £20bn spin-off of UK retail arm Why HSBC is unlikely to spin off its UK business HSBC retail arm spin-off talk fails to impress the City…

Things worth reading: 9th December 2013

Things we're reading today include … China bans banks from handling Bitcoin trade Call to account: FT probe of Vatican Bank HSBC considers floating UK arm Santander has led the way in bank spin-offs After vote, lawsuits likely next hurdle for Volcker rule Fearing the Fed, aching for the ECB Nelson Mandela: his economic legacy…

The Finanser’s Week: 2nd December – 8th December 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The relationship between Bitcoin and Mount Everest We were talking about Bitcoin yesterday at the Financial Services Club Vienna, and there was a great dialogue about the difficulties of buying and then using Bitcoins. I’ll talk more about the practicalities and details of that conversation later…

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The Finanser’s Week: 2nd December – 8th December 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The relationship between Bitcoin and Mount Everest We were talking about Bitcoin yesterday at the Financial Services Club Vienna, and there was a great dialogue about the difficulties of buying and then using Bitcoins. I’ll talk more about the practicalities and details of that conversation later…

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