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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 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 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 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…

 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 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 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 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' –…

Things we're reading today include … Virgin Money in talks to raise £2bn for Lloyds and Northern Rock bids- The Telegraph Mexican contests Lagarde for IMF - BBC Square’s Disruptive New iPad Payments Service Will Replace Cash Registers - Techcrunch Banks set to miss 'Project Merlin' loan targets - The Independent Europe's Debt Crisis Deepens as Greece Plans Cuts - Business Week Credit card…

Things we’re reading today include … 100th UK branch for Handelsbanken – The Independent US banks are too powerful over Federal Reserve – The Independent Hedge fund boss accused of spying on employees – The Telegraph Make.Money.Slow : The Bitcoin Experiment – Techcrunch Conflicts of interest a big issue for banks – Financial Times French…