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The main blog headlines are … Have Yourself a Merry FinTech Christmas So it’s the holiday season and time for some time off. I’m back on January 6th 2020. The only thing I can say is … here’s to a fantastic 2020 … the year of Doing Digital.    “Stop …

Things we’re reading today include … Emerging market debt hit $55 trillion Goldman Sachs may admit guilt, pay $2 billion fine to settle U.S. 1MDB probes: source Bank of England deserves to be embarrassed about security breach RBS’s top two investment bank executives depart City regulator Andrew Bailey favourite to …

Things we’re reading today include … The European Central Bank’s found a way to keep the digital euro private YouTube’s top earners: Eight-year-old Ryan tops list with $26m UK banks and insurers to be tested on climate crisis response plans French farmers’ favourite makes hay in investment banking ‘Time to …

Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank Considers Cutting Bonus Pool by as Much as 20% UBS/the wealthy: Khan-do spirit  Another Credit Suisse senior manager was followed: NZZ Duty of care should protect elderly from online fraud, trust warns  ‘Gutsy’ Scot in line to be first female boss of …

Things we’re reading today include … $5 billion flee Hong Kong funds amid unrest Australian regulator investigates Westpac directors, executives after scandal Banks have learnt their lesson on risk management Will the UK really turn into ‘Singapore-on-Thames’ after Brexit? Goldman Sachs says it will support ‘green’ initiatives more forcefully Westpac …

Things we’re reading today include … Bank accidentally puts $37MILLION into woman’s account Meet the biggest bank you’ve never heard of Sustainable investors face squeeze as larger firms move in Goldman Sachs to stop financing new drilling for oil in the Arctic Nuns take on BlackRock over climate change UK …

The main blog headlines are … Traditional banks are suffocating … they just don’t know it yet An interesting lunch discussion about data the other day. It started when someone had picked up on my blog about Ana Botin, where she made the comment: “Why should data be regulated in a …

Things we’re reading today include … ING working on digital assets custody technology Battle over Volcker’s rule outlives its creator Central bankers debate tackling climate change Citi, Credit Suisse drop China’s Ucommune U.S. IPO over valuation -sources EU confirms one-year Brexit reprieve for clearing houses America wants the World Bank …

Things we’re reading today include … This Is What Racism Sounds Like in the Banking Industry Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says confident consumers are spending 5.5% more this year Bank of China Issues Bonds via Blockchain Credit Suisse: lowering the bar Banks avoid Hong Kong unrest in research …

Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank says crypto could replace cash by 2030 Would ‘getting Brexit done’ bring lots of new investment? Lloyds to reopen compensation claims for Reading fraud Victims of HBOS fraud in line for bigger payout Santander UK chief’s pension slashed by £436,000 over two …

Things we’re reading today include … Subprime lender Amigo faces fresh turmoil as bosses quit Deutsche to cut €100m from German retail banking unit PiggyBank owner collapses into administration Goldman Sachs: less is core Paul Volcker: Former US Federal Reserve chief dies aged 92 Amazon says Trump’s ‘vendetta’ lost it …

Things we’re reading today include … Global financial watchdogs take aim at Big Tech’s data dominance U.S. banks’ reluctance to lend cash may have caused repo shock: BIS Worrying signs that a great global deregulation has begun Capital One is a banking-peer bargain, even with recent gains: Barron’s Market debut …

The main blog headlines are … Treating Customers Unfairly (#HSBC) I’ve blogged many times that so called free banking is a fallacy.  It’s something I have blogged about for a decade, and the recurring theme is free banking should be banned by the regulator as it’s only free as long …

Things we’re reading today include … HSBC to bring in single overdraft rate of 40% Created to democratise credit, P2P lenders are going after big money Peer-to-peer platform Landbay shuts doors to retail investors US and UK bust one of the worst cyber banking hacks in a decade, charging Russians …

Things we’re reading today include … One in five consumer credit reports contains an error HSBC customers could see overdraft fees quadruple under new regime Winklevoss crypto-exchange hires Starling co-founder Metro Bank chief to step down two months after chairman Zopa backer cuts valuation almost in half Wall Street power …