ING Ventures invests £6.7m in open banking platform Cobase September 19, 2018 ING Ventures has invested €7.5m (£6.7m) in open banking platform Cobase, which allows customers to manage several bank accounts through one portal. Cobase, which is an arms-length venture of ING Bank, allows users with multiple bank accounts to view balances and transactions in one place, make payments and use cash management services. Read more: Royal Bank of Scotland testing new [...]
Danske Bank head quits after giant money laundering scandal September 19, 2018 The chief executive of Danske Bank today resigned after the publication of a damning report into the money laundering scandal which has rocked the lender. Thomas Borgen said that it has been "clear to me for some time" that he would have to resign, after lax controls on money laundering in the bank's Estonian [...]
Danske Bank head quits after giant money laundering scandal September 19, 2018 The chief executive of Danske Bank today resigned after the publication of a damning report into the money laundering scandal which has rocked the lender. Thomas Borgen said that it has been "clear to me for some time" that he would have to resign, after lax controls on money laundering in the bank's Estonian [...]
City regulators demand banks and insurers reveal plans to move away from Libor September 19, 2018 The City's top regulators today demanded banks and insurers tell them their plans for moving away from the Libor rate used in contracts worth trillions of pounds. Firms are currently contemplating how to transfer often complex contracts and systems referencing the rate onto new benchmarks before 2021, when the scandal-hit Libor may become defunct. The [...]
City regulators demand banks and insurers reveal plans to move away from Libor September 19, 2018 The City's top regulators today demanded banks and insurers tell them their plans for moving away from the Libor rate used in contracts worth trillions of pounds. Firms are currently contemplating how to transfer often complex contracts and systems referencing the rate onto new benchmarks before 2021, when the scandal-hit Libor may become defunct. The [...]
A summer to forget: KPMG reputation dealt another blow after admitting to compliance report misconduct September 19, 2018 Scandal-hit KPMG has admitted to misconduct over compliance reports made for a unit of the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Group in another fresh embarrassment for one of the Big Four accountancy firms. The UK’s accountancy watchdog said today that KPMG and one of its partners Richard Hinton accepted they had fallen short of standards [...]
A summer to forget: KPMG reputation dealt another blow after admitting to compliance report misconduct September 19, 2018 Scandal-hit KPMG has admitted to misconduct over compliance reports made for a unit of the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Group in another fresh embarrassment for one of the Big Four accountancy firms. The UK’s accountancy watchdog said today that KPMG and one of its partners Richard Hinton accepted they had fallen short of standards [...]
The Bank of England’s own data negates Carney’s overhyped house price warning September 19, 2018 No one can tell them quite like Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England. He appears to have briefed the cabinet last week that house prices could fall by 35 per cent in the event of a no-deal Brexit. To be fair, the Bank did try to qualify this figure by saying that [...]
The Bank of England’s own data negates Carney’s overhyped house price warning September 19, 2018 No one can tell them quite like Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England. He appears to have briefed the cabinet last week that house prices could fall by 35 per cent in the event of a no-deal Brexit. To be fair, the Bank did try to qualify this figure by saying that [...]
‘Wild West’ world of cryptocurrencies needs to be regulated, MPs warn Philip Hammond September 19, 2018 The "Wild West" world of cryptocurrencies needs to be independently regulated to protect customers and prevent money-laundering, a powerful group of MPs today demanded. A report from the Treasury Select Committee warns the current system of self-regulation is not fit for purpose, and adverts promoting digital currencies are often misleading. Among the problems facing cryptocurrency [...]