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BNP Paribas launches digital mobile bank
17 May, 2013 BNP Paribas (BNPP) has launched Hello Bank, an internet based bank.
  • HSBC to axe another 14,000 jobs to save £2bn
    15 May, 2013 HSBC, the largest UK headquartered bank by assets, will cut up to an additional 14,000 jobs worldwide in an effort to save up to £2bn ($3bn) over the next three years.
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Latest Features

Women in European banking: Germany drags its feet as France leads the way
08 May, 2013 The issue of women in European banking boardrooms has been the topic of much discussion in the industry...
  • Bank Technique paves the virtual way in Azerbaijan
    08 May, 2013 While the west's continued efforts to get mobile payments off the ground stall, Bank Technique in Azerbaijan has hopes of a cashless economy in just a few years. Billy Bambrough spoke to Bank Technique CEO Ulvi Mansurov about how the bank will...
  • Country survey: Italy
    08 May, 2013 Italian banks are looking to their digital strategy as a way to reduce costs and gain new clients. The countries banks are continuing to develop their online and mobile platforms to try and stay ahead of the competition. Chiara Masini reports.
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Blogs

Why are Contactless Payments so Difficult?
08 May, 2013 In the UK alone, there are now over 30m contactless cards in circulation. As someone in the payments industry who knows what to do when they see a contactless sign at the till, there is still a great deal of work to be done to make tapping for...
  • Who needs branches anyway?
    24 April, 2013 It all seemed such a good deal, as recently as last July.I broke off from my holidays to tell BBC radio Five Live, Radio 2, the rolling BBC news channel and just about anyone else that would listen, what a good deal the Cooperative Bank had struck...
  • Alternative Banking
    02 April, 2013 In the light of the recent announcement that Lloyds Banking Group paid 25 of their staff members £1m, while continuing a redundancy package that will result in 40,000 jobs being lost, it's hard to keep the faith in the "big four" UK banking groups.
  • #NaffWest - A lesson in how not to use social media in a crisis
    08 March, 2013 This week millions of RBS customers, including those at NatWest and Ulster, were left without access to their money. Many, like my colleague told me happened to him, were unable to pay restaurant bills or for their shopping at the till. Isn't it a...
  • 4 things banks should be spending their money on in 2013
    04 March, 2013 As we were finishing a lunch meeting the other day, the bank executive I was with laid down a challenge. He said, "Richard, my cab will be here in five minutes, so, taking into account the time it takes me to walk from this table to the front...
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