When the UK’s deputy foreign secretary has to admit that around 40% of all money laundered globally likely flows through London & the Crown Dependencies, you can bet that such an estimate will be on the low side.
There are many reasons that the UK's global reputation is increasingly tarnished & the work in financial services to hide & process criminal/illegal funds is contributing to that malaise.
So much for the value of financial services to the UK
Daten mit "Partnern" Teilen heißt natürlich: Daten verkaufen. Mit Benutzerdaten wird schwunghafter Handel betrieben. Die "Partner" der ersten Stufe verkaufen die Daten weiter, und zwar in beträchtlichem Umfang. So partizipieren plötzlich hunderte andere Firme
I just got emails that sure looked like official messages from my bank saying I'd added a Zelle recipient and sent him a bunch of money.
Of course I didn't click on any of the links; I just went to my bank's website and checked my accounts, and everything is fine. Also: The Zelle messages referenced an account ending in four digits which match none of my bank accounts.
So a warning that fake messages like this are circulating.
The chickens are coming home to roost. A short article that discusses the very likely problems that climate change will induce in the banking industry. That is the one that has colluded in much of the damage that has and is being done at the moment.
Some (qualified) better news on the forced cashless society:
Cash Access UK (set up by the major banks) has committed to have opened 100 community banking hubs by the end of the year. This hubs offer joint services across the constituent banks.
It remains to be seen whether this deal with some of the companies about lack of banking services (including access to cash)... and from a local point of view, when one turns up in the Lune Valley's banking desert.
Frage an diejenigen mit Geschäftskonto hier:
Seid ihr von eurer Bank jemals nach einer Pass-Kopie eines Kunden gefragt worden, um die Rechtmäßigkeit einer Zahlung nachzuweisen?
Well, whether they did or did not, theirs is the first bank to take advantage of the UK's move away from EU regulations (and the scrapping of the cap on bonuses) to reveal that they have now removed their cap on the bonuses Goldman Sachs traders & bankers can earn.
I for one am relieved that untrammelled greed can return to this august institution - after all as Gordon Gecko (albeit a fictional banker) reminded us: greed is good!
Sehe ich das richtig? Bei einigen Sparkassen kostet die Push Nachricht bei Kontobewegung Geld?
Gefühlt sage ich es mir jeden Tag. Ich bin seit dem Knax Konto aus den 90zigern dabei, aber jetzt ist genug. #banking#sparkasse#deutschland
“‘while allowing #theFed the flexibility to unwisely expand its remit into inherently #political areas such as #credit rationing & #banking#regulation.’ Here is #groupthink: ‘Despite the biggest #monetary errors in 4 decades,’ Katz & Miran write, none of the 9 recent appointees to the Board of Governors was on record as having made accurate predictions about #inflation’s path.
The #UnitedStates will impose sanctions on Iran’s missile & drone program, as well as entities supporting the Iranian regime or military, #NationalSecurity adviser Jake Sullivan announced late Tues.
Earlier in the day, #Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said additional sanctions on Iran would be forthcoming in retaliation for its attack against Israel over the weekend.
#US ofcls & their #EU#allies are discussing potential #economic responses to Iran, as leading Western ofcls converged on Washington for the spring meetings of the % #IMF & #WorldBank. Their options are limited because #Iran is already one of the most heavily penalized countries in the world, w/ US #sanctions in effect on its #banking, #manufacturing & #energy sectors.
Lloyds Bank have decided that to further their 'strategic transformation' they are going to cut staff in their risk management section, because executives at the bank believe they have been 'blocking' some actions towards transformation.
Its classic managerial messenger shooting... banks know that actually they can really take on dangerous risk (and executive earn big bonuses) as in the end the state will effectively bail them out!
Trump stands to gain billions… from the merger between TrumpMedia & Tech & the blank-check co [#SPAC] #DWAC, which took the parent company of #TruthSocial public.
“[#MichaelShvartsman stated a friend of his owns a bank in the island of Dominica & would be able to provide #banking services to #Russia & #Ukraine Nationals if the [CI] had other clients in need of that service,” the DHS rpt said.
“[Shvartsman’s assoc] told the [CI] that he does not think the #SEC [could] go after [Shvartsman] for his part…but mentioned that [Shvartsman] essentially provided ‘#BridgeFinancing’ for the firm behind… #TruthSocial….”
The new details are drawn from docs incl’g: #PaxumBank recs showing #Postolnikov having access to the trust’s acct, papers that created the trust showing as its settlor a lawyer in St Petersburg, #Russia, & 3 yrs of its #financial transactions.
The concern surrounding the #loans to #Trump Media is that #ESFamilyTrust may have been used to complete a transaction that Paxum itself could not.
Paxum DOES NOT OFFER LOANS in the #US as it lacks a US #BANKING#LICENSE & is not regulated by the #FDIC.
Had trouble understanding what's going on with the unwinding of Quantitive Easing (QE), sometimes referred to as Quantitive Tightening (QT)?
Here's @sjwrenlewis exploring some of the key issues with a critique (the origin sin of QE was Tory austerity) & showing how surpluses from the whole operation have ended up (no surprise, they've landed in the banking sector).
As always SWL is clear on complex issues & makes some stinging points!