Open banking fails to get consumer buy in
The UK’s open banking revolution got off to a somewhat slow and shaky start. Consumers remain largely in the dark, […]
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Europe’s future: Whatever it takes
Policymakers in Brussels and within European parliaments still face turbulence as they endeavour to encourage growth and restore unity. Treasurers
Britain needs to welcome immigrants if it is to enable SME growth
SMEs are calling on the government to take a more enlightened approach to immigration policy, warning the current approach is blocking
£1 trillion timebombs that RBS must defuse
It won’t be broken up… but the future is far from plain sailing. By Ian Fraser Ross McEwan had
Campaign to clean up ‘rip off’ fund managers
Fund managers are ripping off their customers through a minefield of hidden charges, misleading advertising, and obfuscation over performance, according
Simon Carswell: Inside Ireland’s, and probably the world’s, worst bank
I’m halfway through Simon Carswell’s Anglo Republic: Inside the bank that broke Ireland, and it’s a gripping read. In the
Dear David Cameron: Entrusting economic policy to ex-investment bankers is no solution
When David Cameron reshuffled his cabinet earlier this week, the arrival of a trio City of London bankers and consultants
Fear and loathing in City of London as Barnier taps raw consumer power
Michel Barnier is viewed with a mixture of fear and loathing in the City of London. In the Square Mile,
Cannes summit failure leaves euro on borrowed time
ITALY/G20: Nicolas Sarkozy had hoped to use his time as head of the G20 summit to achieve lofty goals like
It’s dawning on policymakers that letting bankers take the wheel means the economy gets driven into a cul-de-sac
There are eerie parallels between the continuing precipitous falls in the shares of European and UK banks and the stomach-churning
Europe’s short selling bans suggest lessons of 2008 have gone unlearnt
The temporary short selling bans that have been imposed by Belgium, France, Italy and Spain in the hope of rooting out perceived
Save the euro: it’s too early for Europe’s leaders to crack open the champagne
The package of measures thrashed out by French president Nicolas Sarkozy, German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders at
Italy offers a warning
There aren’t many signs of national bankruptcy in Siena, capital of Siena province in Tuscany. There is the odd boarded-up
Why the IMF needs a non-European head
In wake of the resignation of “le seducteur extraordinaire” Dominique Strass-Kahn, we are in need for some fresh thinking on
Après Dominique Strauss-Kahn, le déluge?
Even several days after the story first broke, the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair beggars belief. One of the most powerful men
Eurozone ripe for break up
One of Scotland’s leading investors has added his voice to the growing chorus of analysts who see 2011 as a
Europe’s “stability fund” unlikely to be up to the job
Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain’s prime minister, recently declared the European sovereign debt crisis was over. He told the Wall Street
Slovenia solid in its support for the euro, despite its hardships
Given all the turmoil of recent weeks over the EU constitution and the fact that many member states are taking