Friday, May 11, 2012

Bank of England keeps QE and rates unchanged

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England has decided to leave the UK’s interest rate unchanged at the record low of 0.5%.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Investment banks drive April rise in City jobs

The City jobs market showed signs of improvement in April as investment banks stepped up recruitment, having been buoyed by better results.

According to financial services recruitment firm, Astbury Marsden, around 3,455 City job vacancies were created last month, representing a 9% rise on March.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Cooperate or Lose Out in Mobile Payments!

Recently introduced the MasterCard Mobile Payments Readiness Index to a group of c-level bankers, and told them that one of our top-level findings is that it's the early days for mobile payments.