If British banks were hoping for some good news last week they were wrong as one of the UK’s leading supermarket chains set its sights on luring retail customers away from the much maligned high street banks.
Tesco, a UK supermarket goliath that made almost £4 billion ney …
Fear of a UK banking exodus away from London to the US (Barclays) and Asia (Standard Chartered and HSBC) has dampened this week after the publication of an industry report.
The much anticipated review of the UK banking industry by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) was unveiled …
The relationship that finance companies have with the media can be crucial to how they are portrayed in the press. The sheer scale of the media machine can be the difference between an adoring public and a critical one.
Like any relationship, communication in key, but what if …
Cracks are becoming visible in the wall of cash that has been building since the GFC hit with an increasing number of Australian investors intending to rebalance portfolios in 2011.
According to CoreData’s latest Australian Cash Report, the number of respondents looking to re-balance their portfolios to hold …
One of the misperceptions perpetuated by the mainstream media is that banking is a pretty simple business to be in – it’s just a matter of obtaining a banking licence and then waiting for people to turn up and give you money.
In truth it’s a tough business …
In the banking world we rarely see anything out of the ordinary…
‘Banks raise interest rates above RBA rate’
‘Customers furious at banks’
‘Banks cry poor yet report record profits’
We consumers often forget that banks, like every other company, are in business for one reason and one …
