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Things worth reading: 30th January 2013

Things we're reading today include … IRS can seek UBS records for taxpayers hiding income at Wegelin Bank of Italy weighs in on bailout scandal Peer-to-peer lenders seek to rival banks RBS could face criminal charges for rate-fixing Watchdog drops Lehman case against Ernst & Young Greek minister eyes 2014 recovery Icesave ruling in Iceland's…

Things worth reading: 29th January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Global Bank IT Spending to Reach $179.2 Bln in 2013: Celent Carney cautious on failing banks Retailers may add surcharge in credit card transactions BofA's Moynihan calls for renewed focus on customers Iceland wins Icesave case at European court Wonga goes international RBS tips UK back into bonus debate…

Things worth reading: 29th January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Global Bank IT Spending to Reach $179.2 Bln in 2013: Celent Carney cautious on failing banks Retailers may add surcharge in credit card transactions BofA's Moynihan calls for renewed focus on customers Iceland wins Icesave case at European court Wonga goes international RBS tips UK back into bonus debate…

Things worth reading: 28th January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Barclays appoints headhunter to find three new directors Warning over FSA scheme for swaps victims Bank of America begins moving $50 billion of derivatives to UK: FT BaFin probes lenders Deutsche Bank over Euribor: paper Bank of Italy approves €3.9bn loans for controversial bailout of Monte dei Paschi di…

The Finanser’s Week: 21st January to 27th January 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … This week, the Finanser put together a three-part series about the world of change we live in. Part One: Stop talking about mobile, it's not important My latest presentation is apparently a polemic. That’s what my colleague said yesterday, when I said that my new presentation…

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Things worth reading: 25th January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Britannia to disappear from high street as Co-op bank closes 37 branches Bob Diamond among executives denied Libor anonymity Secret Libor list names top Barclays executives VIDEO: Davos: UBS chairman on bank's future Wonga eyes expansion in US and Spain LSE hails pick-up in trading activity Premium Bonds go…

Things worth reading: 24th January 2013

Things we're reading include … Lloyds bank to axe 940 British jobs Lloyds Bank 'to axe 940 jobs and move 200 posts to India' Banks 'ports in the storm' during crisis, says JP Morgan's Dimon President of Iceland attacks Gordon Brown Davos 2013: Money transfers stress data mining benefits The City needs its own referendum…

Things worth reading: 23rd January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Barclays to move hundreds of back-office jobs to India Barclays to cut hundreds of jobs at its investment bank Value of large UK frauds hits 8-year low Five arrested in FSA insider-trading swoop European transactions tax agreed US bank rules proposed on social media From gangsters to banksters: Wall…

Things worth reading: 22nd January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds apologises after Faster Payments System problems RBS speeds up investment arm split U.S. power regulator to fine Deutsche Bank unit over energy trading: WSJ Moscow exchange presses ahead with IPO Moscow Exchange plans initial public offering Of Micex and men PPI: The unintended consequences of a scandal Bank…

Things worth reading: 22nd January 2013

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds apologises after Faster Payments System problems RBS speeds up investment arm split U.S. power regulator to fine Deutsche Bank unit over energy trading: WSJ Moscow exchange presses ahead with IPO Moscow Exchange plans initial public offering Of Micex and men PPI: The unintended consequences of a scandal Bank…