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 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 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…
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…
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 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…
Things we're reading today include … Banks' earnings: How pay relates to performance - Financial Times De La Rue shares dive after French suitor abandons bid -The Independent Sarkozy calls for bank 'Tobin tax' - The Independent Scandals prompt financial rule change - Financial Times Barclays causes a stir with cocos plan - Financial Times Five things about the Commission the market fears most -The…
Things we're today include … Bad home loans contribute to Bank of America's $1.2bn loss – The Telegraph UK's biggest banks could be broken up, says Sir John Vickers – The Telegraph Interview Jean-Claude Trichet: Interview with The Wall Street Journal – ECB Lush hackers cash in stolen cards – BBC Banking reform needed, says…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Yes, Prime Minister: the Northern Rock Episode This week saw the first discussions of a possible sale of Northern Rock back into the private sector. The question is: who would buy Northern Rock? To find out, I listened in to this episode of “Yes, Prime Minister”, as…
