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The Finanser’s Week: 26th August – 1st September 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The five greatest risks to banks Banks are considered to be stable, reliant and dull by the world, or that’s what we would like them to be. Instead banks are inherently risk managers, as we have now specifically realised in the past five years. Banks can……

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The Finanser’s Week: 26th August – 1st September 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The five greatest risks to banks Banks are considered to be stable, reliant and dull by the world, or that’s what we would like them to be. Instead banks are inherently risk managers, as we have now specifically realised in the past five years. Banks can……

Invest Northern Ireland

Things worth reading: 30th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bail us out or we go bust, warns Co-op Bank Co-op warns it will go bust if a £1.5bn bailout plan is not agreed Never mind values, the Co-op Bank needs to concentrate on survival Is the Co-op Bank worth saving? Lloyds Banking Group customers to be locked out…

Things worth reading: 30th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bail us out or we go bust, warns Co-op Bank Co-op warns it will go bust if a £1.5bn bailout plan is not agreed Never mind values, the Co-op Bank needs to concentrate on survival Is the Co-op Bank worth saving? Lloyds Banking Group customers to be locked out…

Things worth reading: 29th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion New scam pushes up card fraud losses BRICS agree capital structure for development bank: WSJ Merrill Lynch poised to settle race bias claim in $160m deal Angela Merkel says Greece should never have been allowed to join the euro Analysis: Girding for…

Things worth reading: 28th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bank chairman bought luxury home with bailout money 'London Whale' boss arrested but pledges to fight extradition to US Ex-JPMorgan manager Javier Martin-Artajo held in Spain over 'London Whale' charges JPMorgan's former 'London Whale' supervisor arrested in Spain Shares in RBS on the slide as Andrew Tyrie renews call…

Things worth reading: 28th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bank chairman bought luxury home with bailout money 'London Whale' boss arrested but pledges to fight extradition to US Ex-JPMorgan manager Javier Martin-Artajo held in Spain over 'London Whale' charges JPMorgan's former 'London Whale' supervisor arrested in Spain Shares in RBS on the slide as Andrew Tyrie renews call…

Things worth reading: 27th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Review into security of mobile banking UK markets regulator rejects EU guidance Greece 'may renegotiate bailout' Exclusive: Nasdaq, NYSE at odds on outage cause as SEC seeks facts Services sector strength ups pressure on Carney Hong Kong Exchange names former NYSE LIFFE executive as LME CEO MPs demand RBS…

Things worth reading: 27th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Review into security of mobile banking UK markets regulator rejects EU guidance Greece 'may renegotiate bailout' Exclusive: Nasdaq, NYSE at odds on outage cause as SEC seeks facts Services sector strength ups pressure on Carney Hong Kong Exchange names former NYSE LIFFE executive as LME CEO MPs demand RBS…

The Finanser’s Week: 19th August – 25th August 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Banks should not be political pawns I received an email on my recent blogs about remittances and Somalia from one reader, Knut Flottorp, and thought it worth posting on the blog to add to the debate. The banks will have problems with Somalia no matter what……

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