Barclays faces probe from Treasury Select Committee into six-hour outage September 20, 2018 Barclays faces an investigation from the Treasury Select Committee after it yesterday became the latest lender to experience a major systems failure. Millions of customers were unable to access online banking, telephone banking, as well as branch services for as long as six hours. The Treasury Select Committee is likely to ask the bank similar [...]
MPs demand answers from Cashplus after IT failures leaves customers locked out of accounts September 20, 2018 The Treasury Committee has demanded answers from fintech firm Cashplus after outages left customers unable to make payments or withdraw cash. Customers had complained of being locked out of their accounts since the beginning of the week and unable to make or receive payments. Nicky Morgan, chair of the Treasury Committee, has now written to [...]
MPs demand answers from Cashplus after IT failures leaves customers locked out of accounts September 20, 2018 The Treasury Committee has demanded answers from fintech firm Cashplus after outages left customers unable to make payments or withdraw cash. Customers had complained of being locked out of their accounts since the beginning of the week and unable to make or receive payments. Nicky Morgan, chair of the Treasury Committee, has now written to [...]
Barclays’ online and telephone banking services go down September 20, 2018 Barclays today became the latest major lender to experience a systems failure, with millions of customers unable to access online banking, telephone banking, as well as some branch services at the time of writing. Problems began this morning, the bank said, although it remained unclear when they first started. The affected services were unavailable for [...]
Barclays’ online and telephone banking services go down September 20, 2018 Barclays today became the latest major lender to experience a systems failure, with millions of customers unable to access online banking, telephone banking, as well as some branch services at the time of writing. Problems began this morning, the bank said, although it remained unclear when they first started. The affected services were unavailable for [...]
Deliveroo and Just Eat break into WPP most valuable brands league table September 20, 2018 Takeaway firms Deliveroo and Just Eat have broken into the ranks of the UK's most valuable brands, according to new analysis published today. The companies have broken into the top 75 list for the first time, as Deliveroo came 64th with a value of $888m while Just Eat nabbed 30th place with a brand value of $2.5bn. [...]
Deliveroo and Just Eat break into WPP most valuable brands league table September 20, 2018 Takeaway firms Deliveroo and Just Eat have broken into the ranks of the UK's most valuable brands, according to new analysis published today. The companies have broken into the top 75 list for the first time, as Deliveroo came 64th with a value of $888m while Just Eat nabbed 30th place with a brand value of $2.5bn. [...]
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 [...]
Shop Direct swings to a loss as rising costs and PPI claims hit profits September 19, 2018 Littlewoods owner Shop Direct has moved into the red in the last 12 months, as rising construction costs for new distribution centres and mounting PPI mis-selling claims mount up for the online retailer. Pre-tax losses hit £24.7m in the year leading up to the end of June 2018, compared with profits before tax of £24.9m [...]