Banking

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Banking

Why ‘big data’ could be the answer to addressing banking customer service

By Mike Hughes, managing director for European operations at intuitive consumer experience firm [24]...

13th August, 2012

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Finance

Shrinking Bank Balance Sheets as Five Year anniversary approaches

By Michael Bolton is Managing Director, Clayton Euro Risk In Europe the start date of the Financial...

13th August, 2012

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Business

Employers to Pay for PAYE reform

By Mike Fleming, CTA.TEP. Partner at Straughans Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisers HMRC’s introd...

6th August, 2012

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Technology

Microsoft: an enterprise-class player?

By Jon Milward, director of integrated solutions at Northdoor, looks at whether financial services f...

6th August, 2012

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Banking

European Credit Still on the Rocks

Survey of bank risk managers indicates credit for consumers and small businesses remains in short su...

31st July, 2012

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Global private equity activity remains subdued in first half of 2012 as UK bucks trend

By Chris Cummings, Chief Executive of TheCityUK The global private equity sector has seen a signific...

31st July, 2012

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Banking

European Investment Bank – the EU’s Northern Rock

At the Brussels EU summit at the end of June David Cameron agreed to President Hollande’s €130bn “gr...

31st July, 2012

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WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT NET WORTH AND HOW TO CALCULATE IT?

Your current net worth is your assets less and debts owed. This amount may be considered by loan com...

30th July, 2012

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Business

Is there something wrong with the way we think?

Once again it’s been a bad few days for the UK’s banking industry. The sector’s already battered rep...

25th July, 2012

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Investing

Despite global economic gloom, US property market shows exciting opportunity for investors right now!

Mark Mashiter, Director at Qualitas Property International, one of the top UK based professional rea...

25th July, 2012

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Investing

Counterparty Exposure Risk

Counterparty risk is defined by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) as the risk that a count...

25th July, 2012

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Banking

Basel III – Who has the stamina?

Ted Rees, partner at Crossbridge, looks at the challenges still facing banks surrounding Basel III....

17th July, 2012