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Things worth reading: 17th April 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies: D Börse plans pan-European trading (Financial Times)  Barclays president says sector's positive results are not 'one-offs' (Telegraph) JPMorgan earns $2.1bn on record sales (Financial Times) JP Morgan profits beat forecasts (BBC)  The Goldman rules for mastering the universe (Times) Regulations: Regulator accused of complacency (BBC) Whistleblower attacks FSA's…

Things worth reading: 17th April 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies: D Börse plans pan-European trading (Financial Times)  Barclays president says sector's positive results are not 'one-offs' (Telegraph) JPMorgan earns $2.1bn on record sales (Financial Times) JP Morgan profits beat forecasts (BBC)  The Goldman rules for mastering the universe (Times) Regulations: Regulator accused of complacency (BBC) Whistleblower attacks FSA's…

Things worth reading: 17th April 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies: D Börse plans pan-European trading (Financial Times)  Barclays president says sector's positive results are not 'one-offs' (Telegraph) JPMorgan earns $2.1bn on record sales (Financial Times) JP Morgan profits beat forecasts (BBC)  The Goldman rules for mastering the universe (Times) Regulations: Regulator accused of complacency (BBC) Whistleblower attacks FSA's…

Things worth reading: 16th April 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies: UBS, not Goldman Sachs, gives a more realistic picture of banks' health (Telegraph) Lehman yields bonanza for the professionals (Times)Merrill Lynch Developing Private, Public Cloud Initiatives in Parallel (FinanceTech) Why Chase is killing WaMu’s retail concept (Financial Brand) UK: Nine building societies have credit ratings downgraded (Times)Mortgage rejections…

Things worth reading: 16th April 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies: UBS, not Goldman Sachs, gives a more realistic picture of banks' health (Telegraph) Lehman yields bonanza for the professionals (Times)Merrill Lynch Developing Private, Public Cloud Initiatives in Parallel (FinanceTech) Why Chase is killing WaMu’s retail concept (Financial Brand) UK: Nine building societies have credit ratings downgraded (Times)Mortgage rejections…

PIN codes cracked and 285 million data breaches

Wired's blog just noted that Bryan Sartin, director of investigative response for Verizon Business, is saying the backbone of bank security – the PIN – is broken by hackers.  In fact, he reckons, its' been blown apart. "We're seeing entirely new attacks that a year ago were thought to be only academically possible," says Sartin. …

PIN codes cracked and 285 million data breaches

Wired's blog just noted that Bryan Sartin, director of investigative response for Verizon Business, is saying the backbone of bank security – the PIN – is broken by hackers.  In fact, he reckons, its' been blown apart. "We're seeing entirely new attacks that a year ago were thought to be only academically possible," says Sartin. …

Things worth reading: 15th April 2009

Things we're reading today include: Fortis Bank reveals large loss (BBC) UBS jobless tally hits 18,000 amid rising losses (Times) RBS sees big growth in Islamic finance (Reuters) Lehman 'sausage machine' processor at work (Financial Times) Goldman amasses $164bn war chest (Financial Times)  Alistair Darling to announce supply-chain insurance scheme (Telegraph)Ben Bernanke sees 'tentative signs'…

Things worth reading: 15th April 2009

Things we're reading today include: Fortis Bank reveals large loss (BBC) UBS jobless tally hits 18,000 amid rising losses (Times) RBS sees big growth in Islamic finance (Reuters) Lehman 'sausage machine' processor at work (Financial Times) Goldman amasses $164bn war chest (Financial Times)  Alistair Darling to announce supply-chain insurance scheme (Telegraph)Ben Bernanke sees 'tentative signs'…

Things worth reading: 14th April 2009

Lots of stuff we're reading today … Europe: Germany is one of the worst-hit economies in the developed world. So why is everybody so calm? (Newsweek)Germany finance minister to unveil bad banks plan (Euractiv)Hungary's new PM takes over a nation in crisis (Euractiv) Equiduct joins list of MTF launches (Financial Times) USA: Goldman Sachs to…