Pragmatist

No, this is not science fiction: the Ethereum world really has been rocked by financial scandal, and has less than a month to resolve it....

I was at a 'parliamentary roundtable' on Tuesday on the perennial topic of small business banking reform. A more official report ...

'Lobo' is Spanish for 'wolf' Last night Dispatches updated us on the LOBO crisis that's savaging the UK's loc...

The FCA has launched an Innovation Hub as part of its plans to support innovation in financial services. Innovators can submit a req...

As mentioned briefly before , UK banks have been so hopeless in referring businesses they can't finance to alternative lenders that t...

The Financial Conduct Authority is going to great lengths to deepen its understanding of the retail financial services market. Project In...

It's a vicious coincidence that 'lobo' means wolf in Spanish and a 'Lender Option Borrower Option ' in derivative...

What a difference a year makes. At an industry event yesterday none other than Nicola Horlick , a well-known fund manager, confirmed her...

You have to wonder whether the UK's banking crisis will ever end. After months of wrangling, the regulators have finally decided whi...

For every old saying there's an opposite. Today's conflict lies in the adage that "those who don't know history are dest...

When Gordon Brown ( remember him ?) repeatedly proclaimed the " end of boom and bust " he was declaring his belief - along wi...

I've hugely enjoyed the documentary series tracing Dave Fishwick's valiant efforts to start a small community 'bank' in ...

Image from Parliament.uk This time he's made a submission   To the Banking Standards Commission . He's a poet and he didn...

It's not every day you get to brainstorm ways to bring diversity and sustainability to Britain's ailing financial system amidst ...

Here's what some of the non-banks have to say about banking standards (from 17:52).

Our continuing economic woes seem to reveal a UK Treasury that has lost touch with the fundamental tax and regulatory problems in the UK ...

Readers may recall that UK banks are self-regulated when it comes to lending standards. As a result, we were recently treated to the fa...

In a fawning interview in Monday's Telegraph, Ana Botin , CEO of Santander UK and billionaire's daughter, is lauded for having r...