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View ArticleThose ring-fencing proposals in full
Here are the two consultation papers on ring-fencing British retail banks from their investment banking counterparts. But in case you are wondering whether there’s a fresh joined-up-ness to financial...
View ArticleSloppy spreaders
The FCA has posted one of its “Dear CFO” letters to the UK spreadbetting/CFD sector. It follows a review across ten firms which (surprise, surprise) found various areas of concern. Would-be investors...
View ArticleWait a little longer, regulator tells P2P lenders
Online lenders in the UK, who call themselves “peer-to-peer”, have been salivating at the possibility of tapping the ISA market for funds, with the government introducing a new “Innovative Finance ISA”...
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Sarao ruling… (he’s lost, but can appeal)
Click to read… Continue reading: Sarao ruling… (he’s lost, but can appeal)
View ArticleN Brown’s credit addiction (updated)
Last year, retailer N Brown hiked the interest rate it advertised to customers who buy on credit. The move was a fairly large one, from 44.9 per cent to 58.7 per cent, the highest advertised annual...
View ArticleBoiler rooms that just continue to simmer
Prosecution news on Thursday out of the FCA…Continue reading: Boiler rooms that just continue to simmer
View ArticleMinimum repayment pressure for N Brown?
The Financial Conduct Authority today released their final report on the UK’s credit card market, highlighting among other things the profits lenders make from customers who just make minimum...
View ArticleFun with peer-to-peer accounting. (Yes, actual fun)
Imagine you lent a friend £2000 for three years at a 25 per cent yearly interest rate. That would be a nice little earner for you and, sure, it’s not a cheap loan as far your friend is concerned. But...
View ArticleJust another South Seas operator in plain City of London sight…
Here's Majuro, a coral atoll in the South Pacific that forms part of the Marshall Islands. The US Navy used it as a prime anchorage after troops had driven back the Japanese in 1944, and it remained...
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