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• Three parties interested in RBS branches
• "It's All About the Customer" the theme for the latest IBM/Shillito white paper
• Survey indicates state of ERM development amongst insurers globally
• Big UK retail bank brands lose market share
• Capgemini World Insurance Report focuses on the customer experience and emerging distribution channels
• RBS branches and portfolio back on market
• EIOPA launches technical assessment of Solvency II long-term guarantee package
• The Liikanen banking reform proposals
• EIU/BNY Mellon report highlights global issues for insurers
• Report looks at two issues facing insurer CEOs globally
• FIS PayNet, a new global real-time payment network
• Spanish Bank stress test detail
• EIOPA publishes Opinion on Solvency II interim measures
• The Global Insurance Week
• Report reviews priorities for US p&c insurers in 2013
• EIOPA publishes latest financial stability report
• Swiss Re study reviews global market prospects for 2013
• Carney named as new Bank of England governor
• EIOPA exploring possibility of interim stage for Solvency II
• Bancassurer Basel III workaround
• FSA publishes Journey to the FCA paper
• Survey indicates insurer progress on Solvency II
• Australian court finds S&P 'not reasonably competent'
• Global Federation of Insurance Associations formed
• Sukuk to grow 3 fold in 5 years forecast
• RBS not selling Citizens
• OFT refers UK motor insurance market for review by Competition Commission
• Solvency II delay now seems inevitable
• Lloyds & RBS non-core disposal figures
• Prudential survey indicates changing UK customer choice of advice approach
• India and Pakistan said to licence each others banks
• Keeping up with regulatory change in UK financial services an increasing overhead
• Men prefer telematics more than women says survey
• Visa cardholders spend $1.4bn in UK during Olympics
• HSBC - Gulliver's position untenable?
• UOB end of era as Wee Cho Yaw retires
• Libor, the BBA and Thomson Reuters
• Google Wallet MkII works with any card
• Upcoming financial regulatory structure in UK gets cool reception
• IAIS releases paper on Reinsurance and Financial Stability
• Twitter stock symbol search
• Spanish NPA close to double figures
• ACORD sponsored survey looks at the growing importance of analytics
• End for Dun & Bradstreet?
• Inaugural Credit Agricole Public Sector covered bond
• European banks carrying €1.5tr of non-performing loans
• UK - decline of the residential mortgage
• EIOPA publishes final draft guidelines for ORSA
• Leading insurer ceos give views on market challenges
• Sandy Weill : Bring back Glass Steagall
• Bank of China chairman speaks on international expansion
• Sainsbury joins cash-back credit card battle
• EIOPA publishes final report on Solvency II reporting but....
• US insurer priorities reviewed in survey
• HSBC and ignored money laundering warnings
• IAIS releases latest draft for supervision of international insurers
• Barclays persistent and organised Libor manipulation
• 51% of insurers changing measurement of capital adequacy under Solvency II says survey
• EIOPA says majority of European insurers well capitalised but...
• IBM, Analytics, social media and financial services
• Europe to lead on telematics says report
• Geneva Association reports on global ageing issues and the role of insurance
• 80% Of Goldman growth will arise from BRIC nations
• Report highlights action being taken by UK insurers in readiness for Solvency II
• BlackRock forecasts Greek loan writeoff at €30bn
• UK personal lines insurers provide poor online user experience says survey
• New UK regulator suggests ending 'free' banking
• European insurers must move from risk measurement to real risk management to achieve a return on Solvency II investment says report
• Spanish bank plan
• Significance of the JPM trading losses
• Solvency II survey indicates UK insurers have still much to do-majority say start date will be delayed
• Study predicts telematics take off in UK
• QlikTech-placing agile analytics in the hands of the business user
• Accenture and Duck Creek solutions together add value
• Lloyds sell branches for give-away price
• WiproTechnologies-on the global insurance stage
• MySlipcase insurance networking platform launched in London
• OCBC ranked strongest bank in world - again
• Blankfein PR offensive
• JPM prepaid card bank account a trend-setter
• The Met Office says Atlantic hurricane fluctuations connected to industrial air pollution
• Estimate of additional Spanish bank capital needed
• Most of UK life insurers sheltered from eurozone sovereign debt crisis says Fitch
• Telematics statistics indicate further good news
• First US approval for Chinese bank purchase
• Telematics growing in interest in UK amongst consumers says survey
• Global insurer IT spend to increase after decline says report
• Geneva Association reviews catastrophic year and looks forward
• US ExPats giving up nationality to save tax
• Solvency II goes too far says survey
• UBS clients use iPad to design trading algorithms
• CHARGE Anywhere NFC card acceptance via BlackBerry
• Engagement Banking
• Policy administration modernisation is next priority says survey
• Insurers falling behind other sectors in customer service says survey
• PayTag turns any mobile into contactless pay device
• Ringfencing clarification before Santander UK IPO
• SWIFT launches Sanctions Screening
• Big Banks need $566bn to meet Basel III
• BoE governor UK speaks of financial stability tools 'experiment'
• Global ceo survey indicates key reasons for growth being held back
• SWIFT guide on moving to Sepa
• EIOPA issues 2012 Action Plan for Colleges of Supervisors
• European regulator warns politicians on Solvency II potential delay
• The MGAA-providing timely support for UK underwriting agencies
• BRIC countries boost bank business lending - G8 lowers it
• Insurers could look towards alternative asset classes because of Solvency II says survey
• Difficult decisions ahead for European insurers says Ernst & Young report
• PayPal phone to card acceptance device converter
• 2012 US Auto Claims Satisfaction study published
• S&P maintains stable outlook on reinsurance market
• HSBC retail may operate in 9 Asian countries only
• Deloitte publishes 2012 Global Insurance Outlook report
• Local support for Thailand Catastrophe Fund plan
• World Economic Forum Global Risks 2012 report published
• IBM / Citigroup deal to use IBM Watson
• Treasury Committee motor insurance report creates comment
• BTG Pactual listing will be one of largest
• Ernst & Young outlines five success strategies for US p&c insurers
• No payout on Greek CDS - official - challenge possible
• Swiss Re sigma study reviews catastrophe costs
• Fitch predicts future trend for US broker market
• Sarasin sells NZB stake back to NZB
• O2 / Telefónica UK mobile wallet launch
• Aon Benfield publishes report on China p&c and reinsurance market
• SWIFT launches financial research institute
• US life industry faces challenges says report
• Only 20% of actuaries and insurance finance managers completely confident in data control processes and spreadsheets says research
• Swiss Re predicts bluer skies from 2013
• Barclays banking complaints down - PPI UP
• LIMRA reviews US consumer life insurance buying trends
• Sovereign bonds revised capital risk charges unlikely to be incorporated in Solvency II in near term says Fitch
• Vodafone - Visa announce global mobile wallet
• A.M.Best stress tests insurers exposure to eurozone debt
• More on Telefónica and MasterCard LatAm JV
• S & P highlights regulatory change for UK life insurers presents challenges but there are long term opportunities
• BBVA-Google first combined forecasts
• SEPA payments date set as 1st February 2014
• Gibraltar plan to attract more funds
• Report finds women bankers bigger risk takers
• Global survey reveals insurers could improve services to customers
• Defaqto survey indicates vital role of financial advisers
• Social Media to inpact insurance market says report
• Only 48% of UK and US consumers trust their insurance provider says survey
• UK banks could still end up paying some FTT
• EBA says vast majority of bank capital raising plans OK
• Norton Rose reviews financial institutions globally
• UK insurers need to place more emphasis on product features says report
• Fed to review foreign bank capital rules
• Guy Carpenter reviews Asia Pacific catastrophe scenario
• Total loss customer satisfaction lower says US auto insurance study
• CEA opposes US bills relating to taxing of foreign insurers
• Spanish plan for bank asset write-downs
• Digital cash for the digital wallet
• SunTrust acquires FirstAgain for loan platform
• VeriFone unveils suite for MNOs to manage mobile wallet acceptance
• FIS announces POS mobile wallet
• Half of Visa Europe transactions on mobile by 2020
• BBVA and Google try to improve forecasting for clients
• Plan proceeding for 70-75% writedown on Greek debt?
• Google to offer real time UK stock prices
• Geneva Association reviews three key issues for the global insurance industry
• Project Merlin 'success' as UK banks reduce lending to business
• IBM Joins Bank Information Architecture Network
• No delay on Basel III liquidity - peer review introduced
• EIOPA issues financial stability report
• Weglin & Co branded 'fugitive' by US prosecutors
• Itaú Unibanco Latin America expansion
• Reawakening ATM standard cassette initiative
• Swiss National Bank president controversy
• Swiss Re reviews emerging markets
• IBM 10 year infrastructure deal with La Caixa
• MontePaschi new boss
• No challenge by Deutsche and NYSE Euronext to merger block
• Nigerian mobile money licences
• eBay acquires German BillSAFE
• Own Debt fair value excluded from CT1 capital proposal
• IBM help for Kenyan banking
• Monitise and FIS strategic partnership
• State Street exits UK & German bonds
• PayPal to join discount coupon bandwagon
• WestImmo sale collapses - more jobs go at WestLB
• Visa prepaid gift cards dispensed via ATM
• Long term investment move away from Equities
• NBNK may bid for Yorkshire & Clydesdale
• Sharia compliant Buy to Let Purchase Plan
• Sabadell buys CAM, losses guaranteed
• HSBC major regulatory failure at NHFA
• Two major solar power financing deals in the US
• 4 bids possible for RBS Aviation
• LME bidding process underway
• Takefuji restructure plan in doubt
• Raiffeisen told to consider dual-listing
• Hedge fund chief backs Financial Transaction Tax
• PayPal 6 fold increase in mobile payments over Thanksgiving
• Women are greater online fraud risk claim
• Government the loser when Lloyds accepted Co-op bid?
• Survey indicates major issues for London Market players
• UK government confirms retail bank capital ringfencing
• 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
• Deutsche Borse / NYSE derivatives proposal
• Buffet sees value in financial services stock prices
• New UBS CEO halves investment banking - sets financial targets
• Commonwealth Bank major ATM contract
• Visa Digital wallet branded V.Me
• Barclays insurance deals with Aviva and Legal & General
• Bank of Ireland cautiously optimistic trading statement
• Volcker rule too complicated
• Indian bad debts rise by one third in 12 months
• Dodd Frank cheat sheet
• Ermotti to be made permanent UBS CEO this week?
• simplytap - mobile purchase by entering just 2 codes
• SocGen creating UK online bank using Selftrade
• Credit Agricole and impact of Greece and Italy
• Visa Europe and FIS take stake in Monitise
• Banks and the Euro crisis deal
• Bidding warms up for Sarasin stake
• BNP Paribas profit drop on sovereign debt writeoff
• RDT spreads its wings
• Google wallet open for all banks
• Coutts branding
• MF Global Files for Chapter 11 protection
• JPMorgan Q3 profit down a little
• Fitch reviews UK life sector
• Mobile banking software ranked
• UK websites compared for speed and how it affects purchase
• HSBC Trinkaus drops talks for WestLB units
• More Brits use online banking than use Facebook or Tweet
• NBNK, Virgin and Flowers bid for Northern Rock
• The mobile wallet reaches Papua New Guinea
• Barclays bid for CAM - looking for other Cajas?
• NBNK only bidder to meet deadline for Lloyds branches
• Western Union result
• Fusion-io speeds up Deutsche credit risk calculation
• Visa Europe mobile wallet coming next year.
• MasterCard certification for 2 Blackberry NFC phones
• Capital One social gaming spend
• Santander can exceed 9% CT1 ratio without going to market
• Google Wallet live in US
• M-Pesa now serving 70% of Kenyan adults
• Rabobank in talks to sell stake in Sarasin
• Chi-X Australia to launch October 31st
• UBS rogue trading - story so far
• PayPal's rapid growth helped by mobile
• John Mack retires at year end from Morgan Stanley
• Future of UK retail banking final report
• Julius Baer / Macquarie strategic alliance
• Egypts first major M&A deal since revolution
• NBNK confirms talks - shares suspended
• UBS heads roll - rogue trading warnings ignored
• NBNK to buy Lloyds branches, Clydesdale & Yorkshire banks?
• LSE to buy LCH.Clearnet?
• Spain nationalises three more Cajas
• Many interested in London Metals Exchange
• Visa Europe mobile P2P service
• Mobile Payments for Goods to exceed $170bn by 2015
• Debit card fees may change mpayments and lose banks money
• Monitise granted Nigerian Mobile Payment licence
• Banks must work harder to attract 'Facebook Generation'
• Banks borrowed $1.2tr of secret US federal funds
• Sergio Ermotti appointed interim UBS CEO
• HSBC T&B bidding for parts of WestLB
• China Investment Corporation seeks UK bank investment
• India Post-bank soon?
• RBS bigger loss - underlying progress
• Swiss / German withholding tax - template for future?
• US finally pushed towards EMV cards
• Visa to chip its cards in the US
• UBS rogue trader losses approx $2bn
• Elavon to accept China Unionpay cards
• HSBC selling non-life insurance businesses
• HSBC - expense cuts not straight to the bottom line
• Moody's AAA for Footballer Ronaldo as collateral
• UK banks retail ombudsman complaints
• Hugh Osmond is 3rd bidder for Lloyds branches
• Berchtold & Meister to head Credit Suisse Private Banking
• French banks and commercial wholesale funding
• TStone & Flowers joint bid for Woori?
• UK banks retail market share
• New CEOs and Chairman at Deutsche Bank
• Bank governance changes required
• New shape of HSH Nordbank
• VITAband wristband - the future of contactless payment?
• UK considering 3X greater liquidity levels for banks
• RBS banking customer complaints INCREASE 40%
• The lesson from the European stress test.
• ABN in profit and more expense cuts
• IMF Chief in controversial boost bank capital call
• Pay for Android Apps on your Vodafone Bill
• Friday night is European stress test result night
• Worth reading report on mobile payments
• Boku consolidates in French mobile payment
• Standard Chartered seeking controlling share of Warka Bank
• PayPal buys Zong
• UK Credit card fraud at 10 year low
• Fed generous to card issuers on Durbin cap
• Delay for UK bank ring fencing rumoured
• Visa - ditching the card for the phone?
• Capital One purchase of HSBC US Card business
• StanChart yet again reports record profits
• Mobile commerce grows fast in UK & Germany
• HSBC profits up on lower tax and lower losses
• Estimates of SIFI capital surcharges applied by bank
• Bank of America needs $50bn additional capital
• Helaba says has withdrawn from European stress test
• French banks most exposed to Italian sovereign debt
• Another bank onshores call centre
• NYSE Euronext shareholders approve Deutsche Borse deal
• Bank of America sells Balboa Life
• Horta-Osorio manifesto for Lloyds Banking
• Fiserv buys CashEdge
• Mood music for LSE / Nasdaq merger?
• UK mobile operators group form another new NFC joint venture
• Capital One wins bidding for ING Direct USA
• US prepaid card usage may approach $500bn this year