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Things worth reading: 7th February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Speech Jean-Claude Trichet: Economic and Monetary Union: What we have achieved and what we must do next -ECB JPMorgan 'ignored Bernard Madoff red flags' - The Telegraph British banks: Vickers in a twist - The Economist HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver in line for £9m bonus - The Telegraph Millionaire bankers' message to Britain: We're all…

The Finanser’s Week: 31st January – 6th February 2011

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Innovations in Banking in Action  Finovate launched its first European show yesterday with over 400 attendees and 35 presentations from firms covering the whole gamete of financial services from investing to payments, personal financial management (a load of that!) to biometrics. All of them on the…

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Things worth reading: 3rd February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Banker Christian Littlewood gets longest jail sentence for millions in insider trades - The Telegraph Citigroup suffers £2bn losses after taking control of EMI - The Telegraph New banking rules risk being 'rushed' - The Independent Could the UK live without The City? - BBC Visa shares fall on regulation fears - Financial Times Lloyds drops brokers over suspected…

Things worth reading: 2nd February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Banker Littlewood and wife face jail for millions in insider trades - The Telegraph HSBC bankers pocket huge pay rises this year - The Independent Why has the Bank of England boosted Mervyn King's pension? - The Telegraph Visa Europe and Wireless Dynamics Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone - Payments News Deutsche Bank - Financial Times FSA budget tops…

Things worth reading: 1st February 2011

Things we're reading today include … Bank of America Top Bank Brand, Goldman Is 16th, Survey Finds - Business Week India: Identifying a billion Indians - The Economist Deutsche's profits below estimates - The Telegraph One in 20 'hit by scams in 2010' - BBC Bankers face shock over deferred bonuses - The Independent Ex-LSE director set to head up new watchdog - The Telegraph Competition pushes…

Things worth reading: 31st January 2011

Things we're reading today include … Regulators and banks in cat-and-mouse game - Financial Times RBS to push into low-risk retail funds - The Independent Merkel, Ackermann Dispute Sovereign Debt Solution - Business Week Analyst Warns of 2015 Bank Crisis Amid ‘Upbeat’ Davos - Business Week Big banks to unveil £24 billion profits - The Telegraph Davos WEF 2011: Osborne calls time on banker bashing - The…

The Finanser’s Week: 24th January – 30th January 2011

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Banking in 2020 I’ve been asked recently to think about banking in 2020. That’s ten years away and, if we cast our memories back ten years, it’s quite a leap. Ten years ago, we had lots of themes bubbling away including customer-centricity, technological… If the banks…

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Things worth reading: 28th January 2011

Things we're reading today include … JP Morgan boss warns of debt risk – BBC Cost of UK fraud '£38bn a year' – BBC Only one US bank was safe from collapse during financial crisis, says Fed's Ben Bernanke – The Telegraph Chinese banks in America: Hu's coup – The Economist Davos WEF 2011: Bank…

Things worth reading: 27th January 2011

Things we're reading today include … Barclays to stop offering branch advice – Financial Times Bank of America unit sued for fraud – Financial Times Banking’s ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Is Too Big to Forget: Simon Johnson – Business Week Bank watchdogs are damaging recovery, warns Barclays chief – The Independent eWise payo: A New Online Banking…

Things worth reading: 26th January 2011

  Things we're reading today include … Wall Street: US investors to get a 'say on pay' – The Independent Merrill Lynch to settle SEC trading probe – Financial Times Wall Street Partying in Davos as Crisis Angst Fades – Business Week Global business confidence soars – BBC Investors profit from 'toxic' securities – Financial…

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