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Things we're reading today include … ICB report: A classic British compromise - The Telegraph British banks urged to ringfence retail arms - The Independent 'We didn't bottle it': watchdog defends 'moderate' reform plans - The Independent Banking costs will rise for customers, says John Vickers - The Telegraph Intense three months ahead as ICB gathers more evidence - The …
Read More »Things worth reading: 11th April 2011
Things we're reading today include … ICB tells banks capital reserves must be higher - The Telegraph HSBC comes under US tax scrutiny - BBC Lloyds Banking Group looks at proposal to split in two - The Telegraph NYSE chief defends merger plan with D Börse - Financial Times Banks face 'tougher' stress tests - BBC Hung up over naked …
Read More »The Finanser’s week: 4th April – 10th April 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Stéphane Garelli on the future economic outlook Stéphane Garelli is the guy who made Davos what it is today, as Managing Director of the World Economic Forum for over twenty years. Now a Professor with the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, he's pretty …
Read More »Things worth reading: 8th April 2011
Things we're reading today include … Bank worker fired for Facebook post - The Daily Mail E-commerce and data security: The phishers' big catch - The Economist JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon gets $5m in cash bonus - The Telegraph The Federal Reserve: Off message - The Economist UK banks' ratings 'could be cut' - BBC Madoff seeks to spread blame …
Read More »Things worth reading: 7th April 2011
Things we're reading today include … Payments Views – Reflections on NACHA Payments 2011 - Payments News Twitter predicts future of stocks - BBC Banking crisis risk still 'unacceptably high' - The Telegraph Citi barred from new Indonesia accounts - Financial Times Deutsche Börse will not raise NYSE bid - The Independent Spain gets IMF vote of confidence - BBC Portugal seeks …
Read More »Things worth reading: 6th April 2011
Things we're reading today include … Barclays' earnings targets: too good to be true? - The Telegraph Barclays launches probe into weaker performance leaks - The Telegraph Financial Stability Board warns of risk-taking due to low interest rates - The Telegraph 2010 Federal Reserve Payments Study - Payments News Australia to block Singapore bourse bid on grounds of …
Read More »Things worth reading: 5th April 2011
Things we're reading today include … Barclays chief set to raise appetite for risk - Financial Times Shareholding nuns put Goldmans on the run over bonus culture - The Independent Goldman chief gets first cash bonus since financial crisis - The Telegraph Banks seek to hold back the tide of regulation - The Independent Paris attempts to prise …
Read More »Things worth reading: 4th April 2011
Things we're reading today include … Royal Bank of Scotland's Irish loan losses double to £15bn after stress tests, says UBS - The Telegraph Deutsche Bank fights tax ruling on £92m bonus pool - The Telegraph US exchanges in $11bn NYSE bid - Financial Times Irish Bow to Trichet on Bondholders in $142 Billion Rescue - Business Week …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 28th March – 3rd April 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Survey: are payments infrastructures fit for purpose? Our survey on payments infrastructures closes on April 5th. If you haven't taken it yet, now's your last chance: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P5KN6V3 Banks form alliance to stop G20 I had an interesting (but competely April Fooled fictional) …
Read More »Things worth reading: 1st April 2011
Things we're reading today include … Irish banks to raise further €24bn, but investors remain sceptical -The Telegraph Belgian bank Dexia was biggest borrower from Federal Reserve fund- The Telegraph Court told of $2m Rajaratnam profit - Financial Times Lloyds boss António Horta-Osório quick to cash in shares - The Telegraph Spanish Cajas Block …
Read More »Things worth reading: 31st March 2011
Things we're reading today include … House of Lords report attacks 'complacency' of Big Four auditors in financial crisis, urges competition investigation - The Telegraph Survey Says Corporate Account Takeover a New Payments Fraud Threat - Payments News Google to be audited on privacy - BBC Buffett's successor quits amid $3m share scandal - The Independent Danish Bank …
Read More »Things worth reading: 30th March 2011
Things we're reading today include … 'Fatally flawed' accounting standards inflated RBS's worth - The Telegraph Mobile Money, Afghanistan: Researching the Mobile Frontier - Payments News SFO raids Tory donor David Rowland's bank over Kaupthing - The Telegraph Portugal and Greece in downgrades - BBC Dodd-Frank fails to meet test of our times - Financial Times Banks up the ante …
Read More »Things worth reading: 29th March 2011
Things we're readintg today include … UK watchdogs' stance on bank capital attacked - Financial Times Financial services win the booby prize for most customer complaints - The Independent Regulation win for hedge funds over banks - The Telegraph UK's soft bank rules 'dragging down' reform - The Independent FSA fines hit £98m 'and could triple' - The Telegraph Bank …
Read More »Things worth reading: 28th March 2011
Things we're reading today include … Collapsed Icelandic bank Landsbanki faces Serious Fraud Office inquiry - The Telegraph Lords inquiry to damn Big Four auditors' role in financial crisis - The Telegraph Bankers' pay cuts lead to £5bn tax loss - The Telegraph Burnt out: Bank boss who went to Boots quits - The Independent HSBC told to …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 21st March – 27th March 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Survey: are payments infrastructures fit for purpose? This is the last week of our survey on payments infrastructures. Over 300 people have completed the survey and the results will be released in April. Have you taken the survey yet? If not …
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