Shaping the future of finance
Things we're reading today include … Artful banks dodge the truth about how much is really in their accounts - The Telegraph Raj Rajaratnam found guilty of insider trading - The Telegraph Traders must carry the can for commodities - The Telegraph Visa Unveils Digital Wallet Strategy - Payments News HSBC planning huge cost-cutting - BBC Goldman Sachs's clearing broker role examined by regulator - The Telegraph…
Things we're reading today include … Cavalier finance industry has killed the incentive to save – The Telegraph HSBC first quarter profit hit by PPI provision – The Telegraph Barclays reported to accounts regulator by investors – The Telegraph BNP Paribas chairman to retire – Financial Times Basel III to hit money fund sector –…
Things we're reading today include … HSBC set for $6.1bn profit ahead of cost-cutting programme - The Independent Andrew Tyrie warns FSA not to repeat RBS mistakes with HBOS - The Telegraph Why the banks must follow Lloyds and fold on the PPI scandal - The Telegraph Sunday Times Rich List 2011: Barclays duo named Britain's richest high street bankers - The Telegraph…
Our biggest stories of the week are … You can never believe what you think For years, marketing and market research firms have talked about demographics, using job, age and location as a way of targeting customers. The trouble is that it leads us down the road of ignorance, because we often use such classifications…
Things we're reading today include … Lloyds Settles Insurance Claims, Breaks Ranks With Rivals - Business Week Lloyds may pay out £3 billion over PPI claims - The Independent Lloyds provision for mis-selling of PPI drives shares down 8% - The Independent Meet Antonio Horta-Osorio's top team at Lloyds - The Telegraph Lloyds £3.47bn loss – in numbers - The Telegraph PPI claims against banks…
Things we're reading today include … Vigilante attack 'distracts Sony' - BBC Sony enlists cyber-security firms - BBC Walker to judge FSA's RBS report - The Independent Trichet May Signal Rate Cycle Pace as ECB Fights Inflation Surge - Business Week Millionaire numbers set to soar over next decade - The Independent Russia issues arrest warrants for top banker - The Telegraph DoJ reviews Goldman Sachs report - Financial…
Things we're reading today include … Pay protest as Barclays Q1 pre-tax profits fall to £1.7bn - The Telegraph Lord Oakeshott asks HMRC to investigate Barclays' Protium deal in Parliamentary question - The Telegraph Barclays' Protium Deal is 'all that's wrong in the City' - The Telegraph Toxic Barclays bankers bag £85m - The Telegraph FSA fails to publish report into Royal…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Secret service and trading: both find needles in haystacks I was at TradeTech the other day, one of the largest conferences and exhibitions focused upon buy and sell side technologies. It had a good attendance and agenda, although I did wonder why it was sponsored by…
Things we're reading today include … How PayPal Can Help Where Close The Loop From Mobile Intent To Purchase - Techcrunch Folding over fraud? - BBC HSBC says regulators' ETF concerns ignore other risks - Financial Times 'Huge victory' for bank customers - The Independent UK banks lose PPI court challenge - BBC Draghi’s ECB Fate Rests With Merkel, Not Schaeuble or Bookies - Business Week American…
