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Banking
“Santander UK fined £108m over anti-money laundering failings”
We, and, I think, most advisers are diligent in checking ID and confirming the source of any funds...
“Only 15% of public support plan to axe bankers’ bonus cap”
Political suicide? Have they already given up on the Red Wall and so are looking to cement...
“Boris Johnson says UK should clap for bankers as well as the NHS”
At least one Telegraph journo, Michael Deacon, does satirise our current leaders. He picked out a...
“Flexible working will be norm after lockdown, say Barclays and WPP bosses”
I was chatting to the wife of a City big-shot (‘He’s in M&A”) who was telling me how difficult...
“UK savers urged to switch after brutal cuts to interest rates”
Banks are, of course, easy targets but that’s no reason not to slate them when slating is due....
“Keep calm and work from home during coronavirus, European banks tell workers”
Pop philosopher Alain de Botton says that working in offices is not good for us. However...
“Santander to shut 140 branches”
Regular readers will remember my quest to buy a jacket in several high street stores, which...
“Roman Abramovich cancelled plans to live in Switzerland after police warned of ‘links to money laundering and organised crime'”
If you borrow £100 and don’t pay it back, prepare for the Wrath of the Titans to descend upon you....
“TSB boss Paul Pester to step down after IT fiasco”
OK, I said back in April that TSB’s Chief Exec wouldn’t last until the end of the week. He’s...
“Deutsche Bank shifts business out of London ahead of Brexit”
‘You keep banging on about all the companies moving out due to Brexit’, I’ve been told. That’s...
“TSB investigated over IT meltdown”
This was the headline on this morning’s BBC news. Perhaps it was the fact that the regulator, the...
“Visa ‘outage’ brings chaos for millions”
There was a harrowing interview on the BBC yesterday with a man whose Visa card was declined in...
“Qatar charges against Barclays dismissed”
Speaking, as we were, about banks and other institutions getting too big, according to the FT,...
“TSB online banking meltdown drags into second week”
When Lloyds and TSB split a couple of years ago, it divided our family like a Banking Berlin Wall,...