All articles by Billy Bambrough
Billy Bambrough
Lloyds to offer Platinum credit card refund
Lloyds TSB is to offer customers applying for a Platinum credit card online a 50% refund on balance transfer fees.
ANZ opens new branch in China
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has opened a new outlet in Hangzhou, the capital and the largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China.
Chase opens 1,000th California branch
JPMorgan Chase has opened its 1,000th branch in San Jose, California.
Charitable giving slows at half of big UK banks post-financial crisis
Since the 2008 financial crisis banks all over the world have had to work hard to restore customer confidence in not only their financial prowess but also their moral compass. Billy Bambrough looks at how charitable spending at the UK’s major banks has changed post-2008.
A far better year
This year has been rather kinder to banking markets than last, with stock market performances around the world looking up. RBI highlighted 50 of the largest retail banking groups and all but 12 have reported an increase to their share price year-on-year.
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BofA to pay Fannie Mae $3.6bn in mortgage claims
Bank of America (BofA), the largest US lender by assets, has agreed to pay US government mortgage agency Fannie Mae $3.6bn ending their decade long dispute.
Big banks follow Twitter in 2012
Following on from last years trend, Twitter is still not as popular with financial institutions as Facebook, despite many customers using the micro-blogging site to engage directly with their financial service provider. Billy Bambrough looks at the 60 banks with the largest presence on Twitter.
Basel awards banks more flexible liquidity rules
International financial regulators, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, have amended its Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) rules designed to ensure that banks hold sufficient liquid assets to pay their debts in the event of financial meltdown.
FSA fines Co-op over PPI complaints
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined The Co-operative Bank (Co-op) £113,300 ($180,000) for failing to handle payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints fairly.
RBS, NatWest and HSBC to refund forgotten cash
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), its subsidiary NatWest, and HSBC are planning to refund UK customers who lost their money after leaving it in ATMs before automatic refunding was introduced.