Things we're reading today include … China's currency: Stranger than fiction - The Economist Labour's Lord Mandelson joins bank Lazard - The Telegraph Economics focus: The beautiful and the damned - The Economist Goldman Sachs and Facebook: A risk too far - The Economist Santander Delaying IPO of U.K. Unit to Later in 2011 - Business Week Former Credit Suisse executive Pierre Rolin 'owes £43m' - The…
Things we're reading today include … Main Street banks outshine Goldman - Financial Times Mobile Payment Debuts Nationally at Starbucks - Payments News Weber Emerges as Man to Beat in Trichet Succession - Business Week A Look at PayPal's 4Q2010 Financial Results - Payments News Swiss banker found guilty after leaks - BBC Banks brace for change as reform sinks in - Financial Times Goldman Sachs bonuses…
Things we're reading today include … Female bankers win over Treasury Select Committee in bonus probe - The Telegraph Profile: Ana Botín – Santander's tough operator - The Telegraph Botin sorry on Santander complaints mountain but offers lending promise - The Independent Santander UK: a short history - The Telegraph Jayne Anne Gadhia – Virgin Money's 'more sporty than brainy' boss - The Telegraph Big…
Things we're reading today include … Bank lending targets are sticking point in bonus talks with government - The Telegraph Swiss bank UBS changes much-mocked dress code - The Telegraph JPMorgan Chase – Card Services 4Q2010 Financial Results - Payments News Goldman’s US clients to miss Facebook share sale - The Independent David Cameron: 'Bank bonuses are not a done deal' - The Telegraph Contest…
Things we're reading today include … Irish lenders besiege central bank for emergency loans - The Telegraph Investment banks are victims of their footloose culture - Financial Times 'Winners' will get lion's share of Wall Street's $32bn in bonuses - The Independent Bank bail-out adds £1.5 trillion to debt - The Telegraph Varley's hope for last-ditch bonus deal - The Independent Credit card borrowing in…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Information as a competitive weapon A year ago, I was hugely influenced by a 16-page technology supplement in the Economist that talked about information wars. The stand-out quote from that report was from Craig Mundie, Head of Research and Strategy at Microsoft, who stated: “Data is the…
Things we're reading today include … Dutch regulator for top finance watchdog job - Financial Times Santander quits Project Merlin talks on lending and bonuses - The Telegraph Investment banking in China : Hope over experience - The Economist SWF support for banks and buy-out groups scrutinised - Financial Times Top US banks to reveal improved quarterly earnings - Financial Times Publish bonus bankers' names…
Things we're reading today include … Lib Dems press for tough bank deal - Financial Times World 'unable to handle any future shocks' - The Independent UK is not yet ready for demise of finance - The Telegraph RBS outperforms Barcap - The Telegraph Banks Group Backs Diamond Amid Frustration - Business Week Bankers' bumper bonuses are the 'mistake' of flawed accounting rules - The Telegraph Boss…
Things we're reading today include … Santander could quit bonus talks - The Telegraph Suspicions grow over Barclays toxic debt move - The Telegraph 'Human error' caused LSE outage - BBC 'Britain's most helpful bank' is fined £2.8m over complaints - The Independent 'No bail-outs' says Barclays boss - BBC Bob Diamond: No apologies. No restraint. No shame. - The Independent Paul Volcker advises UK on financial…
Things we're reading today include … Bob Diamond: the 'unacceptable face of banking' – The Telegraph Ex-banker and wife face jail as FSA crackdown nets results – The Independent Obama Administration to Propose Online Identity System – Payments News Grameen Bank: Saint under siege – The Economist David Cameron admits defeat over bankers' bonuses –…
