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Things worth reading: 12th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … UK fraud office steps up probe into Barclays over Qatar: FT Financial services fail to impress young The hard facts about momentum investing Boom times for bank trading have gone, and may never come back Barclays boss: 'decade of change ahead'Barclays Bank boss 'understands' pay concern Goldman banking revenue…

The Finanser’s Week: 5th May – 11th May 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Money laundering, KYC and a PEP talk I have recently spent a lot of time talking about KYC (Know Your Client), AML (Anti Money Laundering, often confused with ALM which is Asset and Liability Management), Client Onboarding, PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) and SARs (Suspicious Activity Reports). …

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Things worth reading: 9th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … Barclays announce 1000's of job losses: Barclays axes 19,000 jobs, reins in Wall Street ambitions Barclays cuts 7,000 investment bank jobs in overhaul Forget AstraZeneca, it's Barclays we should be worried about Barclays to cut 19,000 jobs Barclays boss Antony Jenkins defends bonuses despite restructuring Barclays boss Antony Jenkins…

Things worth reading: 9th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … Barclays announce 1000's of job losses: Barclays axes 19,000 jobs, reins in Wall Street ambitions Barclays cuts 7,000 investment bank jobs in overhaul Forget AstraZeneca, it's Barclays we should be worried about Barclays to cut 19,000 jobs Barclays boss Antony Jenkins defends bonuses despite restructuring Barclays boss Antony Jenkins…

Things worth reading: 8th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … Barclays to announce big job cuts Day of reckoning looms for Barclays' investment bank Barclays expected to cut 15,000 jobs this year in huge City cull Lord Myners calls for radical overhaul at the Co-operative Group Up to the Co-op to show sense over reform HSBC profits fall 20%…

Things worth reading: 8th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … Barclays to announce big job cuts Day of reckoning looms for Barclays' investment bank Barclays expected to cut 15,000 jobs this year in huge City cull Lord Myners calls for radical overhaul at the Co-operative Group Up to the Co-op to show sense over reform HSBC profits fall 20%…

Things worth reading: 7th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … JPMorgan closing accounts of foreign diplomats in U.S.: FT America is an increasingly hostile environment for a British bank UK anger over 'secret' EU financial transaction tax plan France, Germany press on with trading tax but plans still vague UBS defeats shareholders' U.S. appeal over mortgage losses, tax probe…

Things worth reading: 7th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … JPMorgan closing accounts of foreign diplomats in U.S.: FT America is an increasingly hostile environment for a British bank UK anger over 'secret' EU financial transaction tax plan France, Germany press on with trading tax but plans still vague UBS defeats shareholders' U.S. appeal over mortgage losses, tax probe…

Things worth reading: 6th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … How thieves can use your mobile to empty your bank account Euro zone agrees on direct bank recapitalisation in 2015-Eurogroup head UBS reports strong quarterly profits Investment bank fall drags down Barclays Barclays' senior U.S. tech banker to leave for Evercore: FT Barclays quarterly profits fall 5% Low lending…

Things worth reading: 6th May 2014

Things we're reading today include … How thieves can use your mobile to empty your bank account Euro zone agrees on direct bank recapitalisation in 2015-Eurogroup head UBS reports strong quarterly profits Investment bank fall drags down Barclays Barclays' senior U.S. tech banker to leave for Evercore: FT Barclays quarterly profits fall 5% Low lending…

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