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MasterCard to Bring Android Pay to Cardholders in the UK
March 28th, 2016
Millions of MasterCard cardholders and Android device owners in the UK will soon have additional safe and secure ways to make mobile payments and purchases, as Google today announced it will launch Android Pay in this market. HSBC, Lloyds, MBNA and M&S Bank ...
RBS Plummets as Bank Pushes Out Dividend After Annual Losses
February 26th, 2016
Bank says payouts likely later than first quarter of 2017 Misconduct charges drove 1.98 billion-pound annual loss Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said it would take longer than originally planned to resume shareholder payouts after reporting its eighth ...
CFTC charged Asset Management firm and its owners
February 24th, 2016
CFTC Charges Florida-Based North American Asset Management, LLC, Alexi Bethel, and Steven Labadie with Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil injunctive enforcement action in the ...
UK economy picks up at start of 2016
February 8th, 2016
Business activity rises at fastest rate for six months and in all regions, led by the West and East Midlands Wales maintains solid growth into New Year Employment continues to rise, and inflationary pressures remain low due to falling ...
EU on brink of ‘terrifying crisis’ Five of Europe’s big banks are in danger, warns expert
February 4th, 2016
Some of Europe’s biggest banks are on the brink for a crisis that echoes the 2008 meltdown, a finance expert warned today, as fears over the global economy escalate. Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Santander, Barclays and RBS are among ...
Major UK banks plan robo-advice launches
January 25th, 2016
Major High street banks are moving into robo-advice world as part of their return to the mass advice market. The Financial Times reported that Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds and Santander are developing online offerings for their ...
Banks battle to maintain dominance of UK’s Business Foreign Exchange market
January 18th, 2016
As businesses across the UK seek to minimise the risks of currency fluctuations, the business foreign exchange market shows strong growth as well as fierce competition, according to new research from market analysts East & Partners. The firm’s UK ...
Banks Still Closing Accounts Over Bitcoin Activity
January 11th, 2016
Finding a bank that makes it easy to buy and sell bitcoin continues to be a challenge. The problem doesn’t come as a surprise to CCN readers, given that some major banks have questioned the need for bitcoin. (Some ...
MP calls for FRC accounting body to investigate KPMG over HBOS
December 14th, 2015
Britain’s accounting standards watchdog has made a “serious mistake” in refusing to open a formal investigation into accountancy firm KPMG over the way it checked the books of HBOS bank before it collapsed, a senior UK lawmaker said on ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
