City Moves for 14 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at European Vacation Rentals, CBRE and QualiTest? September 14, 2018 Today’s City Moves cover tourism, property and software. Take a look at these movers and shakers: European Vacation Rentals Henrik Kjellberg, former president at Expedia, has been appointed group chief executive of the European Vacation Rentals business acquired by Platinum Equity from Wyndham Worldwide earlier this year. Henrik has spent more than 20 years working [...]
City Moves for 14 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at European Vacation Rentals, CBRE and QualiTest? September 14, 2018 Today’s City Moves cover tourism, property and software. Take a look at these movers and shakers: European Vacation Rentals Henrik Kjellberg, former president at Expedia, has been appointed group chief executive of the European Vacation Rentals business acquired by Platinum Equity from Wyndham Worldwide earlier this year. Henrik has spent more than 20 years working [...]
Sterling and the euro gain against the dollar thanks to cooling US inflation September 13, 2018 Sterling and the euro have risen against the dollar as they received an unexpected boost from US inflation. The “disappointing” inflation reading saw the dollar sink against the pound and euro, meaning sterling climbed to 1.31 against the dollar, its highest since late July, while the euro reached 1.17. Read more: Barclays: Trump impeachment wouldn't [...]
Sterling and the euro gain against the dollar thanks to cooling US inflation September 13, 2018 Sterling and the euro have risen against the dollar as they received an unexpected boost from US inflation. The “disappointing” inflation reading saw the dollar sink against the pound and euro, meaning sterling climbed to 1.31 against the dollar, its highest since late July, while the euro reached 1.17. Read more: Barclays: Trump impeachment wouldn't [...]
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond claims banks are too risk-averse since financial crash September 13, 2018 The former boss of Barclays, Bob Diamond, has said that banks are too risk averse in today's post-financial crash environment. Diamond, who was once described as the "unacceptable face of banking" by Labour minister Peter Mandelson, took a different tone ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the Lehmans Brothers collapse on Saturday. "The culture of banking [...]
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond claims banks are too risk-averse since financial crash September 13, 2018 The former boss of Barclays, Bob Diamond, has said that banks are too risk averse in today's post-financial crash environment. Diamond, who was once described as the "unacceptable face of banking" by Labour minister Peter Mandelson, took a different tone ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the Lehmans Brothers collapse on Saturday. "The culture of banking [...]
Barclays takes on HSBC as it opens up mobile app to rival bank accounts September 12, 2018 Barclays is taking on HSBC as it opens up its app to rival banks accounts, it announced today. The high street bank will be the first to let customers bring current accounts from other providers into its mobile banking platform using Open Banking technology. The ability to aggregate accounts is already offered by HSBC's Connected Money, which uses so-called screen-scraping to access accounts at competitor [...]
Bosses of Citi, JPMorgan and Barclays slam equivalence as “‘insufficiently load-bearing’ for post-Brexit financial services trade September 11, 2018 Banking bosses have stressed that the government must push for a vastly improved equivalence regime, warning that the current system is "insufficiently load-bearing". Speaking before MPs of the Treasury Select Committee this morning, executives from Barclays, Citigroup and JPMorgan said they were already implementing their no deal contingency planning to ensure they were able to [...]
CYBG’s £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money approved by shareholders September 10, 2018 Shareholders have backed banking group CYBG's £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money. CYBG, which owns Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank, and Virgin Money held general shareholder meetings this morning where three motions related to the deal were passed with an overwhelming majority. Read more: Virgin Media wins landmark legal case against council over land access All three resolutions were passed [...]
iPhone XS, Apple Watch 4, Mac Mini: Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s Apple event September 7, 2018 Apple is set to announce a whole new slate of products on Wednesday, including updates to the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac lines. Here's a roundup of what we've heard might come across the Steve Jobs Theatre stage this year. Three new iPhones Yes, you read that right. This year, Apple is slated to [...]