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 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…

Things we're reading today include … New regulations 'will kill off loans market' - The Independent Citi's Pandit awarded $22m package - Financial Times US economy is improving says Fed - BBC Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The contenders to replace him at the IMF: in pictures - The Telegraph Banking blues hit 10-year high - Financial Times Don't close the lid on bank fraud - Financial Times Experian reaps…

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds Banking Group in Libor investigation - The Telegraph CPS calls for RBS and Lloyds shares to be given to taxpayers - The Telegraph Finance Chiefs Mull Next IMF Director - Business Week Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley face New York investigation - The Telegraph 99 Percent Of Android Devices Are Vulnerable To Password…

Things we're reading today include … Euro Crisis May Hit Eastern Europe Again - Business Week Iceland Sets Sights on Euro Even Amid Crisis - Business Week IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn Jailed at New York’s Rikers Island - Business Week Hedge funds are not 'shadow banks' - Financial Times A long history of myopic investing - Financial Times LSE 'committed' over TMX merger - BBC Deutsche Boerse May…