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The Finanser’s Week: 31st March – 6th April 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … March 31, 2014 Basel III: a mess of regulatory conflicts? I chaired a meeting recently between counterparty banks.  The focus of the discussions was Basel III and, specifically, three new regulatory ratios required for banks to manage: April 01, 2014 Alibaba acquires China Union Pay in…

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The Finanser’s Week: 24th March – 30th March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Data wars: why Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon will eat the banker's lunch I chaired a meeting of bankers last night, and we talked a lot about data and data leverage.   One thing that bubbled up to the service over and over again was the threat…

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The Finanser’s Week: 17th March – 23rd March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Stressing out the banks In America and Europe, stress tests are regularly applied to see whether the banks are becoming more resilient to another crisis.   The latest results of the American stress tests shows that all but one (Zions Bancorp) of the top 30 US banks…

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The Finanser’s Week: 17th March – 23rd March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Stressing out the banks In America and Europe, stress tests are regularly applied to see whether the banks are becoming more resilient to another crisis.   The latest results of the American stress tests shows that all but one (Zions Bancorp) of the top 30 US banks…

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The Finanser’s Week: 10th March – 16th March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Vikings: raiders or traders? We had our second meeting of the Nordic Financial Services Club in Oslo last week.  I’ll write up some of this later this week, but wanted to begin with some history.  Not some history of the Financial Services Club, but some history…

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The Finanser’s Week: 10th March – 16th March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Vikings: raiders or traders? We had our second meeting of the Nordic Financial Services Club in Oslo last week.  I’ll write up some of this later this week, but wanted to begin with some history.  Not some history of the Financial Services Club, but some history…

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The Finanser’s Week: 3rd March – 9th March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  London versus Europe: the deep division over banking regulations and rules It’s EU elections time, and so the mad moments begin.  All of the eurocrats are keen to push through their final legislative agendas and so we’ve just seen the final I’s dotted and T’s crossed…

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 3rd March – 9th March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  London versus Europe: the deep division over banking regulations and rules It’s EU elections time, and so the mad moments begin.  All of the eurocrats are keen to push through their final legislative agendas and so we’ve just seen the final I’s dotted and T’s crossed…

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 24th February – 2nd March 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  A banking system designed for a USB stick I often wonder if I’m actually telling the truth when I have a go at banks for being slow to change and poor with technology.   They can’t be that bad can they?  But then I meet a banker…

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The Finanser’s Week: 17th February – 23rd February 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Why governments will fail to block the emergence of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Bitcoin has been through another turbulent time lately, peaking at a value of near $1300 per bitcoin on MTGox Japan in December, only to see this drop to under $300 today.  What can…

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