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Things worth reading: 2nd June 2011

Things we're reading today include … FSA tests trade-off between discipline and deterrence - Financial Times Barclays' Bob Diamond in caja talks with Spain Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - The Telegraph Regulation's impact on global markets - Financial Times European banks to resubmit stress test data - Financial Times Mobile Network Revenues To Push $1 Trillion By 2016, But Facing ‘Nightmare’…

Things worth reading: 2nd June 2011

Things we're reading today include … FSA tests trade-off between discipline and deterrence - Financial Times Barclays' Bob Diamond in caja talks with Spain Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - The Telegraph Regulation's impact on global markets - Financial Times European banks to resubmit stress test data - Financial Times Mobile Network Revenues To Push $1 Trillion By 2016, But Facing ‘Nightmare’…

Things worth reading: 1st June 2011

Things we're reading today include … EU warns US to speed up bank reform - Financial Times Banks accused of using mortgage debt leniency to flatter numbers - The Telegraph Minno Rebrands As BuySimple, Partners With SoundCloud, Raises $700K For Micropayments - Techcrunch Credit card companies exploit European law - Financial Times PayPal Leverages Digital River World Payments to Enter Brazil - Payments News Google…

Things worth reading: 1st June 2011

Things we're reading today include … EU warns US to speed up bank reform - Financial Times Banks accused of using mortgage debt leniency to flatter numbers - The Telegraph Minno Rebrands As BuySimple, Partners With SoundCloud, Raises $700K For Micropayments - Techcrunch Credit card companies exploit European law - Financial Times PayPal Leverages Digital River World Payments to Enter Brazil - Payments News Google…

Things worth reading: 31st May 2011

Things we're reading today include … Who are the masters in the art of regulation? – The Telegraph Financial reforms have caused civil war in the Coalition – The Telegraph Gaffe over Olympic ticket payment – BBC The banks are starting to lend to businesses again – but only at a penalty rate – The…

Things worth reading: 30th May 2011

Things we're reading today include … Barclays 'may buy Spanish bank' – BBC Exchanges fight for LCH.Clearnet – Financial Times Deutsche struggles to picture future chief – Financial Times Can George Osborne and Mervyn King prevent another financial crisis? – The Telegraph HSBC accused of 'profiting from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme' – The Telegraph Bank…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd May – 29th May 2011

 This week's main stories are … How BIG is Google's Wallet launch? So yesterday I was thinking that it’s not worth talking about Google’s announcement of a mobile wallet as it’s been covered everywhere. But to not mention it on the blog would be a serious loss of duty so, in answer…   Will banking…

Things worth reading: 27th May 2011

Things we're reading today include … Google, Citi, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint Team up on Google Wallet - Payments News PayPal sues Google over mobiles - BBC HSBC embroiled in internship row - Financial Times UK banks cull more than 1,000 jobs in a week - The Telegraph Virgin's Lloyds bid should have surety - The Telegraph FSA takes a back seat in RBS…

Things worth reading: 26th May 2011

Things we're reading today include … Major U.S. Banks Form P2P Payments Joint Venture - Payments News Lagarde Aims to Replace Strauss-Kahn at IMF - Business Week HSBC, Goldman Held $335 Million of Libyan Funds, Group Says - Business Week Sir Richard Branson's Virgin eyes Lloyds branches bid - The Telegraph Rabois: There’s A 95 Percent Chance Square Will Do Better Than PayPal…

Things worth reading: 25th May 2011

Things we're reading today include … European insurance regulator insists Solvency II is on schedule – The Telegraph Foreign investors flock to the UK – The Independent Alan Miller: in defence of exchange-traded funds – The Telegraph Goldman U-turn fuels surge in oil prices – The Independent Britons 'penalised by protectionism of foreign banks' –…

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