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Things worth reading: 29th May 2012

Things we're reading today include … Glitches halt new Goldman trade platformFinancial Times RBS faces $100m action after trader caught lyingThe Telegraph Government 'damaged' Barclays with disclosure on £500m tax avoidance schemeThe Telegraph Barclays hits back on tax schemesBBC ‘Whale’ makes a big splash on risk modelsFinancial Times   Bailout fears spark Bankia shares dive…

Things worth reading: 28th May 2012

Things we're reading today include … Shareholders set to give RBS chief Hester a rough rideThe Independent RBS cuts ties with former broking armThe Independent JPMorgan replaces prime brokerage head: sourceReuters Rabobank eyes sale of fund management armFinancial Times   VIDEO: Your Money: Changes to payday loansBBC Banks glean efficiency tips from industryFinancial Times Lack…

The Finanser’s Week: 20th May – 27th May 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … The end of 'free' banking In the 1970s, the UK's Midland Bank introduced a new competitive service – free banking. It wasn’t free of course, but it appeared that way. The idea being that if you stayed in credit, they wouldn’t’ charge you anything. It… Lázaro Campos…

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Things worth reading: 25th May 2012

Things we're reading today include … Free banking 'a dangerous myth'BBC Head of Vatican Bank is sackedBBC More help for payday loan debtorsBBC EU 'wants Greece in the eurozone'BBC   Call to end free bank accountsThe Independent Surveys point to deeper eurozone contractionThe Independent FSA 'powerless' over JP MorganThe Independent   Regulators hint that pressure…

Things worth reading: 24th May 2012

Things we're reading today include …   Spain injects €9bn into ailing lender BankiaThe Telegraph Eurozone set to abandon Greece – and austerity The Independent EU summit fails to inspire marketsThe Independent US money market funds shun eurozone banksFinancial Times VIDEO: Economic lessons from the 1930sBBC   Robert Tchenguiz had Kaupthing execs 'resident' in his…

Things worth reading: the European View (7)

This week's view from Europe, courtesy of Edith Rigler : Moving to e-procurement can deliver huge savings – European Commission, 20 April 2012  The Commission estimates the total size of the EU's procurement market at more than 2 trillion euro, so each 5% saved though e-procurement could result in about 100 billion euro of annual savings. But…

Things worth reading: 23rd May 2012

Things we're reading today include: Facebook float hits more problemsBBC Zuckerberg loses friends on Wall Street as regulators probe $19bn slumpThe Independent Morgan Stanley subpoenaed over Facebook IPOFinancial Times   JP Morgan loss 'flags up' transatlantic trade risksThe Telegraph Troubleshooter in running to succeed DimonFinancial Times   Zynga and American Express Launch Zynga Serve Rewards…

Things worth reading: 22nd May 2012

Things we're reading today include … IIF: Spain's bank losses could hit €260bnThe Telegraph Eurozone crisis 'hits mortgages'BBC VIDEO: Will Greece return to the drachma?BBC Posen: Greece is not the issue, it's banksThe Independent   Double trouble at JP Morgan: trader's losses could exceed $7bnThe Independent  JPMorgan suspends $15bn shareholder returnThe Telegraph JPMorgan loss set…

Things worth reading: 21st May 2012

Things we're reading today include … Spain will ask for bailout soon, top financier warnsThe Independent What next if Greece quits the euro?BBC HSBC's Greek branches ready for drachmaThe Independent European pain likely to trouble VodafoneThe Independent Funds’ €60bn to buy European bank debtFinancial Times Cracks are appearing in Europe's state-backed lendersThe Telegraph   HSBC…

The Finanser’s Week: 14th May – 20th May 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … The multibranded bank Having made the claim many times that banks are not great at multichannel but excel in a single channel, I got into an interesting debate last night with the CEO of one UK bank.  He was asking whether branch-based banking had a future.  I…

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