Weary RBS investors demand £1bn in compensation for 2008 rights issue disaster December 20, 2016 More than 27,000 RBS shareholders nearly wiped out in the bank’s 2008 rights issue are due compensation of up to 94.5p in the pound, or more than £1bn, according to an independent report commissioned by the investors and seen by City A.M. The shareholders, part of the RBS Shareholder Action Group, are heading to court [...]
Fiver producer Innovia Group sold in meaty £680m deal with Canadian giant December 20, 2016 Here's another big deal worth, ahem, noting: Innovia Group, supplier of the Bank of England’s new plastic five pound note that has come under fire for containing animal fat, has been snapped up by a Canadian label and packaging maker in a CA$1.13bn (£680m) move. The UK-based company makes specialty bi-axially oriented polypropylene films used for [...]
Lawyers advise banks they can sue the EU if it won’t grant a Brexit transition period December 19, 2016 Top lawyers are advising banks in the UK they might be able to sue the European Union if a transition deal is not offered as part of the Brexit package. Several across the financial sector have raised concerns they will be faced with a cliff edge situation once the UK divorces itself from the EU, [...]
New proposals could cause banks to pocket up to £23bn in unpaid PPI compensation, a group said December 19, 2016 Banks stand to pocket up to £23bn in unpaid payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation when new deadlines come in, a new campaign group has warned. The group Payback Time was launched today to warn how new proposals to be announced in early 2017 are expected to limit what companies can do to expose the PPI [...]
Deutsche Bank mega fine could be sorted by Wednesday December 19, 2016 Deutsche Bank could enter 2017 with one less item to tick off its to-do list, as it has emerged that a potential mega fine from the US Department of Justice (DoJ) could be settled on Wednesday. In September, it was revealed the German banking giant was facing a penalty of $14bn (£11.3bn) for mis-selling mortgage-backed securities. [...]
Monte dei Paschi share price drops nine per cent on reports rescue plan is floundering December 19, 2016 Shares in troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi dropped by more than nine per cent this afternoon, on reports that a rescue plan could be about to fall apart. The bank is trying to resolve its differences with a key investor over its €5bn (£4.2bn) rescue plan so as to avoid a state bailout, Reuters reported. [...]
It’s not you, it’s us: Why Barclays is preparing to break up with 7,000 clients December 19, 2016 Barclays is preparing to tell 7,000 low-return clients to either boost their trading or move to another bank in a continued effort to reshape its offering to keep pace with tighter capital rules. The bank is aiming to get at least a 10 per cent return on capital from its markets clients and has recently launched a [...]
Anti-money laundering rules need a rethink to protect ailing correspondent banking sector, says Financial Stability Board December 19, 2016 The international body responsible for keeping an eye on financial stability has today warned anti-money laundering rules need a rethink to help support a significant but shrinking sub-sector of the banking industry. In its latest progress report on the decline in correspondent banking – essentially the middlemen who can provide services, such as wire transfers or on [...]
Tyrie calls for national cyber centre to ensure finance is “high priority “ December 19, 2016 An influential MP has called on the government's intelligence agencies to ensure cyber security within the financial services industry is a top priority in the wake of several high profile banking data breaches and failing legacy IT systems. Andrew Tyrie, the chair of the Treasury Select Committee, has written to the chief executive of the National Cyber Security [...]
Record levels of IT investment in 2017? You can bank on it, says report December 19, 2016 The banking sector will up its IT spend to an all-time high in 2017 as the gap between tech-savvy and Luddite lenders widens, according to a report released today. Embracing data and open banking are top priorities for banks the report by consultants Temenos and Capgemini revealed. The focus on technology comes a week after it was [...]