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...“I thought, I’ll work hard and maybe, by the time I’m 40, I could become a branch manager in Nyon [where he grew up]. That was probably my vision of what I could achieve,” says Collardi....
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...Players such as Nubank have shaken up a banking system which has left millions underserved, but customers could bear the brunt of rising costs of business....
...An independent branch of the Treasury department, the OCC is also potentially important for regulating cryptocurrencies....
...Otherwise it predicted the economy would bounce back in a V-shaped recovery....
...Agents have the option to defer £275 of their monthly costs per branch, or 25 per cent of current ARPA of £1088, starting from May 1 for six months....
...(FT) Trump’s softer tone President Donald Trump appears to have offered an olive branch to Huawei. He said the US should not be “blocking out” new mobile phone technologies....
...However, Ms Saunders later found that her nearest TSB branch, near Moorgate station in the City, had shut in 2016. The bank closed 38 branches last year. How has TSB responded?...
...Qubits v bytes: how quantum computing works Quantum computing taps into the quirky behaviour of sub-atomic particles, which bend our normal understanding of physics....
...In the UK, the Sackler name appears on an array of cultural landmarks, including a gallery at the Serpentine, a courtyard at the V&A, an education centre at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, an escalator at Tate...
...BNP Paribas has been slapped with a $350m fine by New York’s state banking regulator, which found a long pattern of “nearly unfettered misconduct” in the bank’s foreign exchange trading business....
...ING’s move is the third financial sector restructuring announced in Belgium in recent weeks, following the confirmation of planned job cuts at insurers Axa Belgium and P&V....
...For customers who live a long way from a branch, it is giving out free bus tickets....
...One way to picture the economic impact of a Brexit may be the shape of a letter ‘V’ or a ‘tick’....
...Tenth of December , by George Saunders, Bloomsbury, RRP£14.99/Random House, RRP$26 Saunders sets this collection of short stories in a dystopian near-future, where human connection and empathy is undermined...
...V. Rao Aiyagari may be a scientist but he knows a thing or two about banking....
...Caroline Daniel Editor of FT Weekend How I could have lived my life without having read George Saunders, I have no idea....
...Visa (V:NYQ) has been looking at breaking into African EMs for some time but knew it “would have to partner with a government”, said Buse....
...Midi margins The mid-calf skirt – seen at Marni, Louis Vuitton and Jonathan Saunders – has exploded this season. Keep the outline streamlined and strict....
...In addition, the packaged retail investment products directive, Ucits V and the Mifid review are at consultation stage with the European Commission....
...Last year it generated more than $1bn of operating profit there, 95 per cent of which came from corporate and investment banking, compared with a group total of $7bn....
...Wendell V. Graham, Washington DC, USA TF: In total about 24 UK stocks can be bought in the US....
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...Mr Saunders says: “I’ve become increasingly concerned that the banking sector is too keen to move on....
...Much effort has gone into identifying which letter of the alphabet best describes the cycle – is it a U, V, or W shaped cycle of recession and recovery....
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