U.S. plans to sever ties with Russian banks if Ukraine is invaded February 21, 2022 The US has lined up a package of sanctions to slap on Russian financial institutions in the event of an attack on Ukraine, including barring US financial firms from processing transactions for major Russian banks.
City watchdog FCA looking to hire hundreds of new staff to get grip on consumer credit market February 21, 2022 The financial services watchdog is recruiting for a number of senior roles in a push to expand its oversight and supervision of the City’s credit space. The Financial Conduct Authority, based in Stratford, is looking for a lead supervisor for credit and debt as well as a director for consumer finance. In the publicly available [...]
More banker bonuses on the way this week February 21, 2022 Big banker bonuses are back on the table amid a robust rebound in lenders’ profits, annual results are expected to reveal this week. The City is expecting Barclays, which publishes finals on Wednesday, to register a £8.1bn profit haul, up sharply from £3.1bn in 2020 when the pandemic sent the banking sector spiralling. Investors will [...]
Credit Suisse hides mobsters, drug traffickers and money launderers’ riches, leak reveals February 20, 2022 Swiss lender Credit Suisse allowed drug traffickers, money launderers and mobsters to hide their money offshore, according to documents leaked yesterday. The trove of documents reveal Credit Suisse kept accounts for a billionaire who ordered the murder of his Lebanese pop star partner and a Hong Kong stock exchange boss jailed for bribery. The leak [...]
JP Morgan under fire for dubious $1.3bn Nigeria oil deal February 20, 2022 A bitter legal dispute between the Nigerian state and banking giant JP Morgan is due to be heard in the UK's High Court this week.
Canary Wharf rolls out flexible offices after pandemic shakes up work habits February 19, 2022 London landlord the Canary Wharf Group is planning to roll out a flexible office service for clients, as the city continues to adapt to the pandemic shakeup to work patterns.
Saturday sitdown: Whistle king Simon Topman on surviving two world wars and a global pandemic February 19, 2022 With businesses around the world managing the Covid pandemic and each facing their own set of challenges, Morning Wire caught up with Simon Topman, managing director of 150-year-old ACME Whistles, to blow the whistle on how this pandemic has differed from two world wars and other global disasters. Since inventing and making the first ever [...]
Weekend chat: Traditional methods to tackle £750m fraud tsunami is like taking a knife into a gunfight February 19, 2022 From scam phone calls, text messages and emails, fake websites, falsified documents and fake insurance claims, fraud has become big business – and a big problem. In the first half of 2021, criminals stole a total more than £753m million through fraud, an increase of 30 percent compared to the first half of 2020, according [...]
Natwest reveals £1bn cut in lending to oil and gas sector February 18, 2022 NatWest cut lending to the oil and gas sector by 21 per cent in 2021, with the bank pushing to decarbonise its loan book and hit net zero.
Parliament renovation halted by shock asbestos exposure February 18, 2022 Renovation work at the Houses of Parliament has reportedly been stopped after staff were exposed to asbestos.