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The Five Most Useful Properties of Bitcoin
June 2nd, 2016
Bitcoin has received plenty of hype as the money of the future over the past few years, but what are the properties of this digital asset that set it apart from everything else on the market? What are the ...
Android Pay launches in the UK
May 19th, 2016
Google’s Android Pay has launched in the UK, enabling millions of Brits to make contactless instore and in-app payments with their handsets. Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA and Nationwide Building Society are ...
Asian Stocks Slip Before Fed, BOJ as Yen Rises; Ringgit Slides
April 26th, 2016
Copper drops as oil resumes gains; U.S. Treasuries advance Malaysia’s currency slumps as state fund misses bond payment Asian equities fell for a third day and copper dropped to a one-week low as investors shunned riskier assets ahead of ...
HSBC, RBS and Barclays plan to close 400 branches
April 7th, 2016
Three of Britain’s largest banks are planning to close about 400 branches this year, according to people familiar with the situation, a new programme of closures that could leave thousands of customers without easy access to a bank. The ...
FRC to publish HBOS findings in the Spring
March 31st, 2016
Britain’s accounting watchdog aims to publish a full report in coming weeks into how banking group HBOS was audited by KPMG before the lender collapsed in 2008 during the financial crisis. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has come ...
Overall complaints fell by 1.4%, driven by a reduction in complaints related to current accounts and savings accounts. PPI complaints rise
March 31st, 2016
Financial services firms received 2.11 million new complaints between July and December 2015, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority. Overall, there was a decrease of 1.4% in the number of complaints compared to ...
UBS, Credit Suisse interested in advising on Russia privatization
March 30th, 2016
Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are interested in advising the Russian government on several privatizations as long as the deals do not violate sanctions, three banking sources told Reuters. The banks responded to a request for proposals that ...
R.B.S. Hires Former Barclays Lawyer as General Counsel
March 29th, 2016
The Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday that it had hired a top lawyer who used to work at its British banking rival Barclays to serve as its new general counsel. The lawyer, Michael Shaw, served as deputy ...
Tom Hayes Denied Latest Bid to Appeal Libor Conviction
March 9th, 2016
An appeals court on Tuesday denied a request by Tom Hayes, a former trader at Citigroup and UBS, to ask Britain’s highest court to review his conviction in August for conspiring to manipulate a global benchmark interest rate known as Libor. Mr. Hayes, ...
Worldpay Group earnings climb 8 pct in debut annual results
March 8th, 2016
Underlying earnings (EBITDA) up 8 pct to 406 mln pounds First interim dividend due late 2016 (Recasts, adds share price performance, company comments) British payments processor Worldpay reported an 8 percent rise in underlying earnings to 406 million pounds ...