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

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Using big data to trace money laundering and fraud Talking of interesting surveys, I received another one recently about money laundering. This survey was performed by Veris, who interviewed almost 300 senior Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and compliance executives across 46 countries. Interesting findings: 61% of survey respondents…

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Things worth reading: 6th September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Sales double at payments group Monitise US banks stalk leading UK companies amid $3 trillion buying spree Richard Buxton: 'Tracker funds are Soviet-style investments' Royal Mint creates first £20 coin Markets pile pressure on Carney after rates held Universal credit 'is poor value' ECB sees improved eurozone economy Disagreement…

Things worth reading: 5th September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Afghan bank clerk nabs 1m dollars VIDEO: Can this man turn round India's banks? Exclusive: NY regulator probes European banks over Turkish family FCA swap mis-selling scheme pays out just £500,000 in compensation Stuart Rose joins HSBC as retail adviser European insurers spent 9 billion euros on regulation: report…

Things worth reading: the European View

This month's view from Europe, courtesy of Edith Rigler: German consumers fear on-line banking – Handelsblatt, 22 August 2013 According to a study by Bitkom, the IT association in Germany, more than one-third of German consumers are concerned about lack of security in internet banking and thus refrain from it. Compared to a survey conducted last…

Things worth reading: the European View

This month's view from Europe, courtesy of Edith Rigler: German consumers fear on-line banking – Handelsblatt, 22 August 2013 According to a study by Bitkom, the IT association in Germany, more than one-third of German consumers are concerned about lack of security in internet banking and thus refrain from it. Compared to a survey conducted last…

Things worth reading: 4th September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Treasury Mulls Plan For £30bn RBS Bad Bank Boss promises 'seamless' TSB launch Former Co-op director Roger Gorvin attacks 'unethical' bank over rescue Co-op Bank loan value 'deficit' grows to £3.6bn Wonga posts £84.5m profit as one million people draw payday loans Wonga shrugs off critics as profits jump…

Things worth reading: 3rd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Complaints against UK banks rise by 15 percent: Ombudsman Stock offering plans by China's banks seen as short-term fix Co-op 'in cloud cuckoo land' over refusal to talk to bondholders Lawyers at top City firm 'earning minimum £1.3m a year' Citigroup sheds more than $6 billion in PE, hedge…

Things worth reading: 3rd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Complaints against UK banks rise by 15 percent: Ombudsman Stock offering plans by China's banks seen as short-term fix Co-op 'in cloud cuckoo land' over refusal to talk to bondholders Lawyers at top City firm 'earning minimum £1.3m a year' Citigroup sheds more than $6 billion in PE, hedge…

Things worth reading: 2nd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Banks 'dump' thousands of loyal customers Author nails Fred Goodwin's colours to the past of RBS Deutsche Bank CFO: regulation has priority over dividend – paper HSBC to cease wealth management business in some MidEast countries Ackermann feared suicide would thwart Zurich performance drive UK banks pay £1bn to…

Things worth reading: 2nd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Banks 'dump' thousands of loyal customers Author nails Fred Goodwin's colours to the past of RBS Deutsche Bank CFO: regulation has priority over dividend – paper HSBC to cease wealth management business in some MidEast countries Ackermann feared suicide would thwart Zurich performance drive UK banks pay £1bn to…

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