The strike action proposed by Unite is doing irreparable damage to one of the UK's core brands.

For a company that is losing around a million pounds a day, the next few weeks will cost ten times as much if the strike isn’t called off . . .

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Walker - Better Policing is the Key

Sir David Walker's interim report, published in July this year provides a thorough analysis of the workings of bank boards in the run up to the banking crisis... 

Treasurers get a move on

Straight from the retail market where mobile banking is fast taking grip, mobile technology is now enabling corporate treasurers to respond on a timely basis and authorise payments on the move and bring their corporate treasury systems up to speed.

A QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE

By inclination, Selwyn Blair-Ford is a problem solver. Having joined FRSGlobal in September 2006, Selwyn was integral to the UK FRSGlobal team that successfully analysed and designed the UK IRR reporting solution, which provided Basel II reporting for UK firms. 

SEPA - End in sight

2009 is the year that the Direct Debit scheme for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) was partially launched. For 2010, the payments industry is putting its hopes in a mandatory end-date coming from the European Commission. For FX&MM, Frances Maguire reports.

Leading the way to a harmonised European payments system

When it comes to SEPA and the PSD, it really is no exercise in hyperbole to describe Tony Richter as something of a guru. He has been running both projects for HSBC over the past two years, honing the complex system that promises a harmonised European payments arena. 

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Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Faces Fraud Inquiry

Sean FitzPatrick, who stepped down in December 2008 from his job as chairman of the Anglo Irish Bank, is being questioned by Irish police about alleged financial irregularities... 

Lloyds Predicts a Profitable 2010

Lloyds Banking Group, which received tax-payers money during the height of the banking crisis, says it now expects to make a profit this year - having posted heavy losses due to bad loans in 2009 which resulted in an operating loss of £6.3bn... 

US Bank Regulation Bill Imminent

Senator Dodd is moving ahead with the bill despite Republicans on the committee withdrawing their support following the Republicans victory in the Massachusetts Senate election in January... 

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