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Things we're reading today include … UK bank bonuses vs US bank bonuses - The Telegraph MEPs vote on short-selling rules - BBC NYSE Technologies unions in walkout call - Financial Times RBS had 'six lessons' to learn from bank's collapse - The Telegraph Monsters that lurk in the shadows of Wall St - Financial Times Lib Dem urges bank …
Read More »Things worth reading: 7th March 2011
Things we're reading today include … Raj Rajaratnam: Wall Street's biggest insider trading trial in a generation: a Q&A - The Telegraph Mervyn King interview - The Telegraph Delay in City watchdog's report on the rescue of RBS - The Independent EU begins new bank stress tests - BBC Peseta back in use in Spain town - BBC Bob Diamond …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 28th February – 6th March 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Survey: are payments infrastructures fit for purpose? We've had a lot of dialogue about interoperability and the difficulties of getting all the pipes and plumbing of payments to work together. The real question is whether payments processors are meeting the challenges …
Read More »Things worth reading: 4th March 2011
Things we're reading today include … Derivatives: Unlucky for some - The Economist Don't punish the banks that performed best - Financial Times China's banks: Cognitive dissonance - The Economist Micro manoeuvres - BBC Yunus opens legal fight over dismissal - Financial Times Santander, BlackRock Chase Citi Consumer Unit - Business Week Galleon Group: The charging of Rajat Gupta - The Economist
Read More »Things worth reading: 3rd March 2011
Things we're reading today include … Money trail - BBC UBS chief Oswald Grübel slams UK for neglecting City - The Telegraph Credit card borrower 'tortured' - BBC Apple Updates Payments Stats - Payments News Sharp drop in Standard Chartered tax payment - The Telegraph UBS prepares for a less glamorous future - Financial Times ESMA watchdog prepared to clash with Brussels - Financial …
Read More »Things worth reading: 2nd March 2011
Things we're reading today include … Banks write off 25% more debt - The Independent Lloyds Banking Group launches strategic review - The Telegraph Ex-Goldman Sachs director charged - BBC Fake money - BBC Swedish Banks, Policymakers Clash on Buffers - Business Week Rising to the top at McKinsey - Financial Times Barclays hatches plan to buy Egg's UK credit cards - The Independent …
Read More »Things worth reading: 1st March 2011
Things we're reading today include … Cell Me the Money: Unlocking the Value in the Mobile Payment Ecosystem - Payments News HSBC profits near triple to $19bn - The Telegraph CoCos May Be Endorsed in Capital Rules for Systemic Banks - Business Week Financial complaints rise by 15% - BBC New bank rules hit HSBC's outlook - Financial Times ETFs …
Read More »Things worth reading: 28th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … 'Old' is the new thing in banking for the UK boss of Sweden's Handelsbanken - The Telegraph LSE trading resumes after glitch - BBC Payday loan chief denounces hidden fees of 'oligopoly' banks - The Independent Lloyds will not pay corporation tax until profits hit £15bn - The Telegraph Stephen Hester's RBS …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 21st February – 27th February 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Next generation payments by Peter Ayliffe, President & CEO, Visa Europe Peter Ayliffe, President and Chief Executive of Visa Europe, presented to the Financial Services Club this week his vision of next generation payments, and how far we could become cashless. …
Read More »Things worth reading: 25th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … JPMorgan raises $1bn to invest in social media companies - The Telegraph Quitting Wall Street - BBC Japanese banks: Home and away - The Economist The G20 process: Congregate, implicate, obfuscate - The Economist Bankers paid in paper as Wall St tries to reform - The Independent Royal Bank of Scotland loss narrows as …
Read More »Things worth reading: 24th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig calls for Wall Street banks to be broken up - The Telegraph Deutsche Bank in Korea market fix - BBC Qatar 'very open' to buying stakes in RBS and Lloyds - The Telegraph BATS enters big league with Chi-X merger - Financial Times Wall …
Read More »Things worth reading: 23rd February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Barclays Driven Out of Russia as State Banks Rise - Business Week How the financial sector sees technology as its saviour - Financial Times FSA orders Deutsche Bank to pay £1.5m compensation to UK mortgage customers - The Telegraph Financial Conduct Authority gives UK a chance to bolster regulation - The Telegraph …
Read More »Things worth reading: 22nd February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Spain's Cajas Have $137 Billion in Iffy Loans - Business Week Hong Kong: exchange consolidation - Financial Times Banks may be forced to reveal tax breakdown - The Telegraph Lloyds to pay £500m to mortgage holders - The Independent Telcos Battle Google, Visa in Mobile Payment - Business Week Tech Beat: Fancy trading German …
Read More »Things worth reading: 21st February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Protesters and Osborne agree over bank taxes - The Independent Banks' profits soar as interest rates rise - The Independent RBS sell-off could start by the end of the year - The Independent Why short selling is good for capital markets - Financial Times Bank safety measures will force lending to …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 14th February – 20th February 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Feck me, these fecking bankers are taking the fecking mick Just to be clear, the word 'feck' in Ireland bears no relationship with the similar swear word used liberally by Gordon Ramsay. So why am I using this as a headline? …
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