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Things worth reading: 3rd May 2018

Things we’re reading today include …. Major Investment Bank Predicts Cryptocurrency Market “Wipe Out” British banking leverage remains ‘dangerously high’ Elderly couple face losing home as interest-only loan crisis bites TSB boss grilled by MPs TSB’s Paul Pester hits series of wrong notes in front of MPs | Nils Pratley The US town banning new…

Things worth reading: 2nd May 2018

Things we’re reading today include … TSB customers stopped from switching after it told banks to suspend transfers Santander strikes debit card deal with MasterCard From the Lake District to east London: which areas have local currencies? Climate change protesters disrupt Barclays AGM TSB crisis: key questions MPs will ask bank bosses about IT crash…

Things worth reading: 1st May 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers locked out of online accounts Music downloads can gauge consumer vibe – Bank of England ‘We’re on our knees’: Inside the totally avoidable TSB crisis TSB CEO and chair to face grilling by MPs over IT chaos NCA considers fresh criminal investigation…

Things worth reading: 30th April 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Australia banking scandal claims more AMP scalps, chairwoman quits TSB online banking meltdown drags into a second week FCA awards £40m contract to strengthen cyber security Leonardo chief faces trial over Monte dei Paschi Deutsche Bank likely to axe 1,000 U.S. investment bank jobs: source Mark Carney and Mario…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd April 2018 – 29th April 2018

The main blog headlines are … How do you manage your digital death? I just completed one of those things that none of us like doing, making a will. I recently had a major change of circumstances in my life, and decided that I should make appropriate updates and provisions. After all, who gets my…

Things worth reading: 27th April 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Barclays pushed into loss by US payout Emboldened by Trump, banks push to throw off old rule constraints Barclays wants to meet activist investor Ed Bramson, says chief Jes Staley Negative equity timebomb for banks as baby boomers cash in housing wealth TSB crisis could drag into next week…

Things worth reading: 25th April 2018

Things we’re reading today include … High cost of more delay forced TSB to upgrade before it was ready | Nils Pratley Metro Bank founder Vernon Hill sees off shareholder revolt LSE directors ‘did not act improperly’ during boardroom crisis – but report kept under wraps TSB bank faces large compensation bill and fines over…

Things worth reading: 24th April 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Larry Summers just obliterated the Fed’s bank stress tests with a single sentence TSB could face fine for system outage and potential data breach Australia has been conned by financial regulators. And now we’ll pay the price | Lindsay David Wells Fargo CEO’s pay details spark pushback by some…

Things worth reading: 23rd April 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Zelle, the Banks’ Answer to Venmo, Proves Vulnerable to Fraud Bank of England ‘dangerously ill-equipped’ for next recession, says IPPR Barclays boss Jes Staley faces £1m hit after hunt for whistleblower Mifid II rules failing investors, warns City veteran TSB customers report online problems Half of UK manufacturers fall…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th April 2018 – 22nd April 2018

The main blog headlines are … Digital banking? Isn’t that just an app? I meet a lot of senior executive teams of large banks. Some are visionary, many are committed and a large number understand that life is changing. Few understand how. I talk to them about the fintech world of change and how millennials…

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