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Things worth reading: 23rd February 2012

Things we're reading today include … Loyalty to the European Union, Never Strong, Is Fading FastBusiness Week Burned before, Fed officials cautious on reboundReuters Banks sink on European economic worryReuters Greece Cut to Cusp of Default Cusp by FitchBusiness Week Russian link in $150m fraud claimFinancial Times Visa and Monitise to Introduce Mobile Payments Services…

Things worth reading: 23rd February 2012

Things we're reading today include … Loyalty to the European Union, Never Strong, Is Fading FastBusiness Week Burned before, Fed officials cautious on reboundReuters Banks sink on European economic worryReuters Greece Cut to Cusp of Default Cusp by FitchBusiness Week Russian link in $150m fraud claimFinancial Times Visa and Monitise to Introduce Mobile Payments Services…

Things worth reading: 22nd February 2012

Things we're reading today include …   Euro Ministers Said to Reach Agreement on BailoutBusiness Week Markets mixed on Greece bailoutBBC VIDEO: Will bailout deal in Greece add up?BBC ECB's €800bn bank lending facility fails to boost credit to businessesThe Telegraph    HSBC sells its shares to pay banker bonusesThe Telegraph HSBC to rejig bonus…

Things worth reading: 22nd February 2012

Things we're reading today include …   Euro Ministers Said to Reach Agreement on BailoutBusiness Week Markets mixed on Greece bailoutBBC VIDEO: Will bailout deal in Greece add up?BBC ECB's €800bn bank lending facility fails to boost credit to businessesThe Telegraph    HSBC sells its shares to pay banker bonusesThe Telegraph HSBC to rejig bonus…

Things worth reading: 21st February 2012

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds cuts back bosses' bonusesBBC Profile: Eric Daniels, Lloyds' former chief executiveThe Telegraph AUDIO: 'Big change' after Lloyds bonus paybackBBC Payment Protection Insurance: a brief historyThe Telegraph RBS and Lloyds set to reveal big lossesThe Telegraph Santander fined over limited coverThe Independent Bank of Ireland upbeat as losses narrowThe…

Things worth reading: 20th February 2012

Things we're reading today include … RBS and Lloyds set to reveal big lossesThe Telegraph No cheer from bailed-out banksThe Independent Civil war breaks out at Royal Bank of ScotlandThe Telegraph   Axa's Henri de Castries: 'Insurance and banks do not have the same DNA'The Telegraph BofA’s Moynihan to receive stock instead of cash bonusFinancial…

The Finanser’s Week: 13th February – 19th February 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Banking evolutions create revolutions I’m working on a technology in banking conference with a client that’s had me chair their meetings for some years now.   As they discussed the program for this year, they asked me for the theme and what sort of topics we need to…

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Things worth reading: 17th February 2012

Things we're reading today include … Change now or be broken up OFT warns banking industryThe Telegraph VIDEO: Transaction tax 'would kill City'BBC How is Africa coping with the euro crisis?BBC Societe Generale chief says trader bonuses will halve after profit fallThe Telegraph America’s mortgage deal: UnsettlingEconomist Moody's puts 114 European banks on downgrade reviewThe…

Things worth reading: 16th February 2012

Things we're reading today include … Goldman Sachs caught up in federal probeThe Telegraph Hedge fund boss whose explosive emails finally caught up with himThe Telegraph BNP Paribas slashes bonuses as profits halveThe Telegraph 'Last bank' adverts 'misleading'BBC Eurozone states 'want Greece out'BBC Margaret Cole to step down from FSAThe Telegraph UBS suspends traders in…

Things worth reading: 15th February 2012

Things we're reading today include … Users spending more than $3m per day on Zynga's online gamesThe Independent Banks need certainty to safeguard economic growthThe Telegraph Whitehall goodwill is running dry in the CityThe Telegraph German economy heads into reverseBBC Credit Rating Assault on EuropeBusiness Week China vows eurozone co-operationBBC   Paul Volcker: Foreign critics…