September 22, 2023
Editor's letter: Your weekly news digest
Today the FT reports that the UK has a problem with maths, but is this problem more widespread? Windfall taxes on banks are spreading across Europe like wildfire, as governments seek to claw back booming profits. But are we looking at...
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September 21, 2023
Is data sharing key to fighting fraud?
Banks around the world are uniting to pool information on suspicious customers...
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September 21, 2023
We’ve got it wrong on windfall taxes
Windfall taxes disguise a deeper systemic issue. It’s time for central banks...
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September 20, 2023
NCA bolsters resources as SARs rocket and criticism mounts
The National Crime Agency's newly-launched portal is supposed to improve the processing...
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September 20, 2023
Editor's letter: Resistance to ESG is futile
The European Union’s Platform Work Directive probably isn’t at the top of your reading list but it’s worth a longer look. The proposal, being debated in Brussels this week, would...
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September 20, 2023
BIS: Banks in emerging markets must beef up interest rate hedging tools
Banks in emerging markets may find it "challenging" to address rising interest rate risk without the use of more sophisticated hedging tools, the Bank for International Settlements has warned. Interest...
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September 19, 2023
Editor's letter: Will Korea’s bank revamp whip up risky lending?
Our correspondent in south-east Asia, Natasha Teja, brings you details of the biggest banking overhaul in 30 years in South Korea, the world’s 13th largest economy. Foreign banks will even get...
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September 19, 2023
Banks facing ‘wave’ of human rights litigation risk
Banks face a “wave of human-rights litigation” when a new European directive is adopted next year, top law firms have warned. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, a contested piece...
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