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Things we're reading today include … Number of City jobs created rises 30 per cent - The Independent Banks have £1.6 trillion exposure to ailing quartet of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain - The Telegraph Major banks' profits double - The Independent History's lesson is that investment and retail banking must be separate - The Telegraph Retail banks …

Things we're reading today include … British bank accounting standards 'not fit for purpose' - The Telegraph Germany, France Fight Basel Leverage Rules - Business Week Euro zone leaders agree to strengthen bailout fund - The Independent FSA 'must produce report on collapse of Icelandic banks' - The Telegraph Former McKinsey partner 'owed' Rajaratnam - Financial Times BOJ pumps $183bn …

  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 …

Things we're reading today include … Dimon, Pandit, Blankfein, Ackermann Join Kremlin Advisers - Business Week EU leaders shift focus of rescue plans to the euro - The Independent McKinsey model springs a leak - Financial Times Santander chief barred for three months by court - The Telegraph Bank of Spain Sees $21 Billion Shortfall at Lenders - Business Week …

Things we're reading today include … Nationalised lender Northern Rock loses £232m - The Independent Facebook To Sell Digital Media with Credits: Challenges and Opportunities - Payments News Banks dip into tool box for Basel III - Financial Times Two property tycoons are arrested - BBC New Lloyds chief shakes up operations - The Independent Virtual High Street 'is growing' - BBC …

Things we're reading today include … Santander's Ana Patricia Botin Plans U.K. IPO - Business Week Lloyds boss to oust senior executives - The Telegraph EU Parliament approves Tobin tax on transactions - The Telegraph US insider trading trial begins - BBC Top Goldman executives on Galleon witness list - Financial Times Google snaps up UK comparison site - The Independent Commerzbank …

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 …

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 …

  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 …

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  

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  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. …