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• Debit industry changes markedly in 10 years of the Debit Issuer Study
• UK's ‘Big Five’ face ‘too big to compete’ as small challengers secure stellar returns
• Banks as vulnerable now as before crash, says new study
• Leverage ratio a constant conundrum for European and US banks, says SNL
• UK banking reform advances - marginally
• FIS PayNet, a new global real-time payment network
• Spanish Bank stress test detail
• UK Card Fraud rises
• SunGard Ambit Wealth Management for Asia launched
• GE looking to sell Ayudhya stake
• Scotiabank enters prime brokerage market
• First-ever mobile-only bank soon to have 1m customers
• POS equipment can allow chip and pin security fraud
• US banks face major 'put back' charges
• Sukuk to grow 3 fold in 5 years forecast
• RBS not selling Citizens
• UK retail banks promise reform and more SME lending
• No sudden changes made to Barclays Capital
• Lloyds & RBS non-core disposal figures
• India and Pakistan said to licence each others banks
• Visa cardholders spend $1.4bn in UK during Olympics
• UOB end of era as Wee Cho Yaw retires
• Google Wallet MkII works with any card
• Twitter stock symbol search
• HSBC - Gulliver's position untenable?
• Libor, the BBA and Thomson Reuters
• End for Dun & Bradstreet?
• BBVA down 35% on impairments - international does well
• European banks carrying €1.5tr of non-performing loans
• Sandy Weill : Bring back Glass Steagall
• UK regulator want end to current accounts
• Bank of China chairman speaks on international expansion
• HSBC and ignored money laundering warnings
• Barclays persistent and organised Libor manipulation
• Danske calls time on National Irish
• Crédit Agricole uses ACI for payments system overhaul
• IBM, Analytics, social media and financial services
• 80% Of Goldman growth will arise from BRIC nations
• BlackRock forecasts Greek loan writeoff at €30bn
• Orderly bank wind-ups now European priority
• New UK regulator suggests ending 'free' banking
• Sberbank set to buy Denizbank
• HSBC postpones move of HQ review indefinitely
• New UK business finance website
• Spanish bank plan
• Significance of the JPM trading losses
• Obopay near real-time disbursements to pre-paids
• China Construction seeking WestLB's Latin America Ops
• SEPA survey with focus on corporates
• HSBC seeks further Latin American disposals
• OCBC ranked strongest bank in world - again
• Co-op Financial pilots video ATMs
• Blankfein PR offensive
• Barclays LOSS due to DVA and PPI
• Santander profit down on loan losses
• Deutsche Bank profit falls one third
• Credit Suisse nominal profit after fair value losses
• BBVA big expense increase
• UBS clients use iPad to design trading algorithms
• Engagement Banking
• PayTag turns any mobile into contactless pay device
• Ringfencing clarification before Santander UK IPO
• SWIFT launches Sanctions Screening
• BoE governor UK speaks of financial stability tools 'experiment'
• SWIFT guide on moving to Sepa
• Monitise buys Clairmail
• New Rothschild reunification moves
• BRIC countries boost bank business lending - G8 lowers it
• PayPal phone to card acceptance device converter
• Dan Sauter nominated as Julius Bär chairman
• StanChart & UBS invest in China Cinda
• HSBC retail may operate in 9 Asian countries only
• Citi Indian card expansion
• Michael O'Neill new Citi Chairman elect
• IBM / Citigroup deal to use IBM Watson
• BTG Pactual listing will be one of largest
• Santander / KBC deal merges Zachodni with Kredyt
• No payout on Greek CDS - official - challenge possible
• E&Y European banking barometer
• UBS hires former Bear Stearns CFO
• Sarasin sells NZB stake back to NZB
• Citi Sells Stake in HDFC
• ANZ intensive business mentoring programme
• Barclays banking complaints down - PPI UP
• Profumo tipped as next MontePaschi chairman
• HDFC mobile banking with Monitise and Visa
• Dexia €11.6bn LOSS
• Swiss propose withholding tax to sort tax issue
• HSBC to exit Japan retail
• BBVA-Google first combined forecasts
• SEPA payments date set as 1st February 2014
• ANZ new CFO and other senior appointments
• Commonwealth Bank first half profit up 19%
• Sberbank buys Volksbank International stake from BPCE
• Handelsbanken profits up - lower loan losses - expansion in UK
• UK banks could still end up paying some FTT
• EBA says vast majority of bank capital raising plans OK
• Lazard full year net down 36%
• UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo debt buy back
• Alpha / EFG Eurobank merger difficulty
• UniCredit successfully completes rights issue
• Lower loan costs & affiliates boost Mitsubishi UFJ profit
• Citigroup to end mortgage brokerage intros
• US Goodwill writedown main reason for BBVA profit fall
• Acquisitions aid Deutsche Bank bottom line
• Multiple factors dent Santander profits
• Spanish plan for bank asset write-downs
• Digital cash for the digital wallet
• Eric Daniels to join StormHarbour
• SunTrust acquires FirstAgain for loan platform
• Banco Sabadell profit down but is good result
• No progress for BTA
• FIS announces POS mobile wallet
• Spanish arrears exceed 7.5%
• Half of Visa Europe transactions on mobile by 2020
• Plan proceeding for 70-75% writedown on Greek debt?
• BBVA and Google try to improve forecasting for clients
• BBVA goes to the Google Cloud
• RBS Corporate restructuring
• Volksbanken to sell Eastern subsidiary
• US banks overcharging on home insurance
• Austria concerned over domestic banks exposure to CEE
• Mitsubishi UFJ new Malaysian Sharia compliant loans
• No delay on Basel III liquidity - peer review introduced
• Itaú Unibanco Latin America expansion
• Reawakening ATM standard cassette initiative
• Swiss National Bank president controversy
• IBM 10 year infrastructure deal with La Caixa
• Barclays new UK Retail COO
• MontePaschi new boss
• BTA close to failure - again
• SocGen CIB exec team changes
• Raiffeisen seeking to renegotiate Polbank deal?
• Sberbank acquires Swiss SLB Commercial
• eBay acquires German BillSAFE
• Own Debt fair value excluded from CT1 capital proposal
• IBM help for Kenyan banking
• U.S. Bancorp acquisition of credit card assets
• BNP Paribas and IBM extend infrastructure JV
• Qatar firm buys majority of Dexia Luxembourg
• Monte Paschi foundation in debt standstill deals
• PayPal to join discount coupon bandwagon
• Morgan Stanley $1.8bn writedown
• WestImmo sale collapses - more jobs go at WestLB
• State Street exits UK & German bonds
• ATEbank Romania auction
• Monitise sees revenues triple
• NBNK may bid for Yorkshire & Clydesdale
• Sharia compliant Buy to Let Purchase Plan
• Mitsubishi UFJ Trust alliance with / stake in AMP Capital
• MoneyGram / ICBC remittance deal
• Sabadell buys CAM, losses guaranteed
• Algorithmics reporting for wealth management
• HSBC major regulatory failure at NHFA
• Western Union starts UK prepaid services
• Two major solar power financing deals in the US
• Launch of Western Union Small Business Payments
• 4 bids possible for RBS Aviation
• Raiffeisen told to consider dual-listing
• Julius Baer opening in Tel Aviv
• Hedge fund chief backs Financial Transaction Tax
• Lithuanian Snoras bank funds missing - arrests made
• PayPal 6 fold increase in mobile payments over Thanksgiving
• Further writedowns of Greek bonds possible
• Women are greater online fraud risk claim
• Little to no interest in Polish banking stakes for sale
• Deutsche Bank Asset Management part sale?
• Social media central to SunGards mobile platform
• Google Wallet boost from Checkout
• EU fundamental look at bank structure and regulation
• European banks pressured to write down goodwill
• Baer bid for Sarasin
• Deutsche Borse / NYSE derivatives proposal
• Swiss / US comprehensive tax treaty
• Commonwealth Bank major ATM contract
• Buffet sees value in financial services stock prices
• New UBS CEO halves investment banking - sets financial targets
• Visa Digital wallet branded V.Me
• Credit Agricole / Visa microSD NFC contactless payment
• IBM offers mobile device security
• Metro Bank UK fails to sell mortgages
• MasterCard and Intel online & NFC security alliance
• Bank of Ireland cautiously optimistic trading statement
• Barclays insurance deals with Aviva and Legal & General
• Indian bad debts rise by one third in 12 months
• PayPal Android App includes NFC P2P
• Volcker rule too complicated
• Ermotti to be made permanent UBS CEO this week?
• Dodd Frank cheat sheet
• simplytap - mobile purchase by entering just 2 codes
• Lloyds Banking LOSS
• BoA to sell more of China Construction stake?
• Lloyds Banking appoints acting CEO serving notice period
• Credit Agricole and impact of Greece and Italy
• SocGen creating UK online bank using Selftrade
• Societe Generale profits down - dividend cancelled
• Growth in shadow banking worldwide
• Bidding warms up for Sarasin stake
• Co-op to bid for Lloyds Banking branches
• BNP Paribas profit drop on sovereign debt writeoff
• Standard Chartered profits continue upwards
• Credit Suisse result - expense reduction
• US Card issuers pile back into sub-prime
• Coutts branding
• Lazard profits slips for quarter on acquisition writedowns
• Google wallet open for all banks
• MF Global Files for Chapter 11 protection
• CBA offers merchants same day access to funds
• HSBC to sell Brazil consumer finance unit
• JPMorgan Q3 profit down a little
• German Euro 55bn bad bank accounting mistake
• TSYS renews outsourcing deal with Capital One
• HSBC Trinkaus drops talks for WestLB units
• BNY Mellon ups profit on year ago
• Nomura to buy GE Capital Finance (China)?
• Scotiabank buys majority stake in Banco Colpatria
• NBNK, Virgin and Flowers bid for Northern Rock
• SMFG unit moves systems development to Ireland
• Anglo Irish renamed IBRC
• Global IPO value down 46% on year ago
• Barclays bid for CAM - looking for other Cajas?
• SMBC tender for Promise
• Shawbrook, the rebranded UK SME bank
• The mobile wallet reaches Papua New Guinea
• StanChart - MasterCard - Airtel Africa virtual card
• NBNK only bidder to meet deadline for Lloyds branches
• Visa Europe mobile wallet coming next year.
• European epayment rules anti-competitive investigation
• EC President seeks leap in bank capital
• Capital One social gaming spend
• MUFG electronic management of syndicated Loans
• Rabobank in talks to sell stake in Sarasin
• Google Wallet live in US
• Dexia break up
• Laying down the rules for Volcker
• Greek Proton Bank split and rescue
• UBS rogue trading - story so far
• Erste Bank to take string of charges
• John Mack retires at year end from Morgan Stanley
• Irene Dorner new HSBC North America CEO
• Mobile payments may exceed 15bn in 2013
• Sir David Clementi appointed Virgin Money chairman
• Future of UK retail banking final report
• SIFI comprehensive data disclosure proposals
• Monitise virtual card anti-fraud offering
• Scotiabank completes on Banco Múltiplo
• Egypts first major M&A deal since revolution
• Consequences to BoA of the Debit card fee
• BoA in syndicate to fund solar power for military dwellings
• UBS heads roll - rogue trading warnings ignored
• Bank of America executive changes
• NBNK confirms talks - shares suspended
• UK card and banking fraud down again
• NBNK to buy Lloyds branches, Clydesdale & Yorkshire banks?
• LSE to buy LCH.Clearnet?
• Spain nationalises three more Cajas
• SunGard completes on FINACE
• BNY Mellon replaces CEO
• Many interested in London Metals Exchange
• RBS strategic relationship with Monitise
• Visa Europe mobile P2P service
• IBM to Acquire Algorithmics
• ABN Amro buys LGT Bank Deutschland
• IBM 10 banking deals within CEE region
• Close Brothers profit fall mainly on subsidiary writedowns
• Dexia may struggle without state aid
• SMFG may buy US assets from European banks
• ICBC profits continue to rise
• CFS negligible profit UK Co-op bank loss
• Man group shares slump following trading update
• Market estimate for cybercrime losses in North America
• Accenture buys US Mortgage processor
• Sergio Ermotti appointed interim UBS CEO
• Banks must work harder to attract 'Facebook Generation'
• Banks borrowed $1.2tr of secret US federal funds
• China Investment Corporation seeks UK bank investment
• HSBC T&B bidding for parts of WestLB
• Rethinking of US infrastructure bank
• India Post-bank soon?
• RBS bigger loss - underlying progress
• Swiss / German withholding tax - template for future?
• US finally pushed towards EMV cards
• NCR Bill Pay Kiosks
• Visa to chip its cards in the US
• PayPal details POS retail push
• Useful stats on the UK smartphone market
• SWIFT Letters of Credit automated settlement
• Elavon to accept China Unionpay cards
• UBS rogue trader losses approx $2bn
• IBM & Security First in Cloud Security venture
• HSBC - expense cuts not straight to the bottom line
• Germany may not ratify Swiss tax treaty
• Moody's AAA for Footballer Ronaldo as collateral
• Hugh Osmond is 3rd bidder for Lloyds branches
• Berchtold & Meister to head Credit Suisse Private Banking
• Study see moderate Swiss banking growth.
• TStone & Flowers joint bid for Woori?
• UK banks retail market share
• BillToMobile now had top 4 US carriers
• New CEOs and Chairman at Deutsche Bank
• Rothschild investing Chinese funds in other countries
• HSBC selling non-life insurance businesses
• VITAband wristband - the future of contactless payment?
• Citi gains as loan losses fall
• UK banks retail ombudsman complaints
• The lesson from the European stress test.
• Citi may keep store card unit
• JPMorgan profits boosted loan loss reductions and Investment banking
• Standard Chartered acquires Gryphon Partners
• Friday night is European stress test result night
• Bank governance changes required
• Business & law enforcement form new anti-Cybercrime org.
• PayPal buys Zong
• China was major buyer of CCB stake
• IBM to provide Garanti Bankasi with new servers
• 1 in 4 UK new businesses set up by older people
• RBS banking customer complaints INCREASE 40%
• UK considering 3X greater liquidity levels for banks
• UK Airlines surcharge for debit card banned - overall ban may follow
• Fed generous to card issuers on Durbin cap
• UK Retail ring-fencing not before 2015
• New shape of HSH Nordbank
• IMF Chief in controversial boost bank capital call
• Minor loss only at Anglo Irish
• ABN in profit and more expense cuts
• Danish banking reform
• Bank of China result
• LBBW recovery on track
• Raiffeisen profits up significantly
• Credit Agricole S.A. profit up - underlying trend not so good
• Horta-Osorio determined to conclude Lloyds branches sale this year
• VocaLink surprise dropping of Sepa services
• Standard Chartered seeking controlling share of Warka Bank
• Japanese Bank lending falls slightly.
• US mobile networks preventing mobile contactless payment?
• BCP may sell Bank Millennium
• Delay for UK bank ring fencing rumoured
• Commerzbank results hit hard by Greek bond writedowns
• Capital One purchase of HSBC US Card business
• Multiple bids reported for Anglo Irish US loan book
• UBP & Chung Wei Yi Asia Pacific tie up
• StanChart yet again reports record profits
• Major drop in banking complaints at Lloyds Banking
• Mobile commerce grows fast in UK & Germany
• Plans for .bank top level domains
• Sean O'Sullivan appointed HSBC COO
• Lazard profitable significant growth
• Credit Suisse profits down - announces cuts
• UBS result
• Estimates of SIFI capital surcharges applied by bank
• French bank hit hardest by Greek settlement
• Good result from U.S. Bancorp
• UK Co-op restructures insurance - may sell life arm
• StanChart may buy Piraeus Bank Egypt
• Bank of America needs $50bn additional capital
• Helaba says has withdrawn from European stress test
• French banks most exposed to Italian sovereign debt
• UK Banks give up on cheque abolishment idea
• Durbin will cap more prepaid cards than expected
• Metro small loss for period till end of 2010
• Another bank onshores call centre
• Challenge to BoA Mortgage settlement takes shape
• Bank of America sells Balboa Life
• French card interchange fees reduced
• NYSE Euronext shareholders approve Deutsche Borse deal
• Fiserv buys CashEdge
• Horta-Osorio manifesto for Lloyds Banking
• StanChart double digit profit increase forecast
• Mood music for LSE / Nasdaq merger?
• BoA $8.5bn mortgage settlement offer NOT a done deal
• Small profit at IKB
• BT launches managed secure messaging service
• Stuart rose chairs Mobile Money Network - company launches Simply Tap