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Things worth reading: 26th February 2013

Things we're reading today include … Goldman ex-director Gupta must repay bank $6.22 million George Osborne grilled on banking standards – as it happened, February 25, 2013 JPMorgan sees surge in international revenues Banks' time for remorse is not over, says Mark Carney MasterCard moves into mobile payments Warning about student 'money mules' Bankers keep…

Things worth reading: 26th February 2013

Things we're reading today include … Goldman ex-director Gupta must repay bank $6.22 million George Osborne grilled on banking standards – as it happened, February 25, 2013 JPMorgan sees surge in international revenues Banks' time for remorse is not over, says Mark Carney MasterCard moves into mobile payments Warning about student 'money mules' Bankers keep…

Things worth reading: 25th February 2013

Things we're reading today include … Markets set for sterling sell-off after AAA setback for Britain Does it matter that the UK has been stripped of its AAA credit rating? AAA rating will take at least 10 years to regain VIDEO: PayPal to expand presence in the Gulf RBS defiant over £300m bonus pot RBS…

Things worth reading: 25th February 2013

Things we're reading today include … Markets set for sterling sell-off after AAA setback for Britain Does it matter that the UK has been stripped of its AAA credit rating? AAA rating will take at least 10 years to regain VIDEO: PayPal to expand presence in the Gulf RBS defiant over £300m bonus pot RBS…

The Finanser’s Week: 18th February – 24th February 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … This week, we covered a three-part series on the big innovations in finance. PART ONE: From personalisation to virtualisation – tomorrow's banking is here today Checking out this morning’s news , I discovered this new innovation from Wells Fargo where you can get personalised ATM messages….

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The Finanser’s Week: 18th February – 24th February 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … This week, we covered a three-part series on the big innovations in finance. PART ONE: From personalisation to virtualisation – tomorrow's banking is here today Checking out this morning’s news , I discovered this new innovation from Wells Fargo where you can get personalised ATM messages….

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Things worth reading: 22nd February 2013

Things we're reading today include … Libor 'often completely made up', says US regulator Libor setting 'still not clean' FSA to publish internal Libor probe 'within weeks' FSA responds to MPs' Libor report Bankia to reveal largest loss in Spanish corporate history Citigroup bows to shareholder pressure, overhauls pay Russia 'losing billions illegally' PayPal enters…

Things worth reading: 22nd February 2013

Things we're reading today include … Libor 'often completely made up', says US regulator Libor setting 'still not clean' FSA to publish internal Libor probe 'within weeks' FSA responds to MPs' Libor report Bankia to reveal largest loss in Spanish corporate history Citigroup bows to shareholder pressure, overhauls pay Russia 'losing billions illegally' PayPal enters…

Things worth reading: 21st February 2013

Things we're reading today include … HSBC is latest bank to axe staff sales targets Europe takes its bite from the City Banks' assets wrongly valued, says Andrew Bailey Banks should face 'much bigger fines', say MPs FSA to publish report on Libor-fixing Citi Chairman O'Neill not pressing for bank breakup: WSJ Wells Fargo ramps…

Things worth reading: 21st February 2013

Things we're reading today include … HSBC is latest bank to axe staff sales targets Europe takes its bite from the City Banks' assets wrongly valued, says Andrew Bailey Banks should face 'much bigger fines', say MPs FSA to publish report on Libor-fixing Citi Chairman O'Neill not pressing for bank breakup: WSJ Wells Fargo ramps…