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

 Our biggest stories of the past week are …  It may be Valentine's Day, but is he or she worth it? (Infographic) It’s Valentines day and Goldman Sachs is talking about bringing back the love into banking.  Lloyd Blankfein, the notorious CEO who talks about banks doing God’s Work whilst his staff call customers muppets and the media call…

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

Our biggest stories of the past week are … This week, I completed a five-part history of Swiss banking.  Here are the five parts: Part One: We are Knights of the Bank Table  Today's surprise is the story of how the Knights Templar invented modern banking and made the Swiss the best bankers in the…

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

Our biggest stories of the past week are … This week, I completed a five-part history of Swiss banking.  Here are the five parts: Part One: We are Knights of the Bank Table  Today's surprise is the story of how the Knights Templar invented modern banking and made the Swiss the best bankers in the…

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The Finanser’s Week: 27th January – 2nd February 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Data is at the heart of everything today, especially cyberattacks Another dimension of discussion at the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery conference was the whole area of hacktivism and cyberattacks.  We all know that the cybercriminals are organising cybergangs of cyberteenagers to cyberattack the cyberbanks (ed: isn’t…

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The Finanser’s Week: 27th January – 2nd February 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Data is at the heart of everything today, especially cyberattacks Another dimension of discussion at the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery conference was the whole area of hacktivism and cyberattacks.  We all know that the cybercriminals are organising cybergangs of cyberteenagers to cyberattack the cyberbanks (ed: isn’t…

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The Finanser’s Week: 20th January – 26th January 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … KYC, Laundering and Regulators: a Lose-Lose Situation I chaired a meeting today about KYC: Know Your Customer.  KYC is a wonderful thing that is debated in many financial circles and is an area that I could blog about for two minutes, but I think I need…

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The Finanser’s Week: 13th January – 19th January 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … European Union means Banking Union, but what does it mean for the City of London? We had our usual first footing for the Financial Services Club this week, with an illuminating update from David Doyle, Policy Adviser on all things related to EU Financial Legislation.  The…

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The Finanser’s Week: 5th January – 12th January 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Welcome to 2014 with a few wild predictions … Hello everyone and welcome to 2014. The teenies, as this decade is known, is becoming a fascinating decade of change. From fundamental change in the economic and political world, thanks to the financial crisis of 2008, to…

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