09 March 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY URGE TO BE LARGE: After the recovery from the 2008 recession and banking crash got underway, a positive meadow of small banks and quasi banks began to flower, filling the spaces left by the struggling big banks, especially the big four clearing banks (Barclays, RBS,… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue 60: 2017 02 02:Do we need challenger banks (Frank O’Nomics)
2 February 2017 Do we need Challenger Banks? It’s time to look local rather than global. by Frank O’Nomics Another week – another two banking scandals. News that two former HBOS bankers had been involved in a £245 million loan scam, and a £500 million fine for Deutsche Bank for allowing clients to transfer $10… Continue reading Issue 60: 2017 02 02:Do we need challenger banks (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CAPITAL EQUALS TROUBLE: LV=, the strangely named former Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, is blaming low interest rates for bad news which it revealed to policy holders and others (it is a mutual society with no shareholders) earlier this week. Profits in the first six months… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
