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Fixing our banks: now we know the answer

We had another round of debate about fixing the banking system at the Financial Services Club this week (read Part One here).  This time it was the turn of the shareholder, media and industry to air their views, ably represented by: David O'Hara, Shareholder and Activist Investor, Blackthorn Focus; Nick Kochan, Author and Journalist; and…

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Four out of five corporates are not ready for SEPA end-dates

For the fifth year, the Financial Services Club ran a survey of payments professionals worldwide to see how successfully regulations and technologies are changing the European payments landscape, sponsored by CGI and EBA CLEARING.            The survey ran during the spring of 2013, and was completed by 422 participants across over…

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The UK’s new bank regulator: Andrew Bailey

For the second time recently, I got to hear the thoughts of Andrew Bailey, CEO of the new Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation at the Bank of England. This time was at the annual dinner for the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Edinburgh.  A fine evening and occasion, with lots…

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If you thought PPI was costly, wait till you see the price of this scandal

We had a fascinating insight into the issue of swaps mis-selling from Jeremy Roe last night at the Financial Services Club. Jeremy was a victim of the process and has been championing the cause ever since.  He now counts 1,200 companies in his group, Bully Banks, out of the 40,000 cases that have been identified…

Our financial future and the implications of European regulatory change

As mentioned yesterday, we finished the debate at the CAS-WG Plenary with a panel discussion about the future for the City and the UK financial system in light of European regulatory change. The panel consisted of (from left to right): Bob Fuller, Director at Fixnetix; Andrew Simpson, Market Structure Consultant; and Martin Watkins Director, Market…

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Our financial future and the implications of European regulatory change

As mentioned yesterday, we finished the debate at the CAS-WG Plenary with a panel discussion about the future for the City and the UK financial system in light of European regulatory change. The panel consisted of (from left to right): Bob Fuller, Director at Fixnetix; Andrew Simpson, Market Structure Consultant; and Martin Watkins Director, Market…

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The Fifth Clearing & Settlement Plenary Meeting

We had our fifth plenary meeting of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG) in March. The meeting covered all the latest issues, news and views, and was kicked off by Greg Caldwell, Chair of the Regulations Subject Group, who outlined the complexity of European and Global Regulations through this slide outlining the Rubik’s Cube…

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The Fifth Clearing & Settlement Plenary Meeting

We had our fifth plenary meeting of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG) in March. The meeting covered all the latest issues, news and views, and was kicked off by Greg Caldwell, Chair of the Regulations Subject Group, who outlined the complexity of European and Global Regulations through this slide outlining the Rubik’s Cube…

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UK Regulators crucify UK Banks

In case you missed it, there have been THREE substantial and major regulatory changes announced in the last two days: More Competition in Banking More Competition in Payments More Capital in Reserve These announcements precede the introduction of the new regulators as the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority…

UK Regulators crucify UK Banks

In case you missed it, there have been THREE substantial and major regulatory changes announced in the last two days: More Competition in Banking More Competition in Payments More Capital in Reserve These announcements precede the introduction of the new regulators as the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority…

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