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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

South State Correspondent

One common question we field is recommendations of books to improve either bank performance or personal performance. These books span a range of banking topics but emphasize second-order thinking, productivity, building client relationships, and innovation. The book also contains the best appendix that you will ever read.

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FSB Says Higher Bank Capital Requirements Will Remain

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Europe’s Financial Stability Board ( FSB ) said on Friday (June 7) that higher bank capital requirements, which were put on the books during the financial crisis, will remain. When the banks were required to increase their capital in 2010, they argued it would hurt their ability to keep up their lending pace.

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Source: German Regulators Failed To Take Action On Wirecard Red Flags

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Numerous regulators had discussions over the years about tightening supervision on Wirecard or adding it to a list of potential subjects for more investigations, but all decided against it, Reuters reports. That was all before the company’s current implosion over a scandal about a missing $2 billion on its books.

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FSB Says Higher Bank Capital Requirements Will Remain

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Europe’s Financial Stability Board said Friday (June 7) that higher bank capital requirements put on the books during the financial crisis will remain. When the banks were required to increase their capital back in 2010 they argued it would hurt their ability to keep up their lending pace. In January the U.K.

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Bitcoin Daily: Hublot Unveils Bitcoin Watches; Swiss Regulator Throttles Bank Crypto Trading

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With the rules, regulators are requiring Swiss banks to “[assign] a flat risk weight of 800 percent to cover market and credit risks, regardless of whether the positions are held in the banking or trading book.”

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Line Launches On-Demand Taxi-Booking App In Thailand

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Japanese tech startup and messaging app maker Line announced on Tuesday (August 1) that it is rolling out a taxi-booking service in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok. The country, noted TechCrunch, is one of the Southeast Asian company’s biggest markets, making Thailand the perfect place to launch a taxi-booking app.

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Metro Bank shares rebound amid reports of £600m capital offer

TheGuardian

Lender’s stock hit all-time low after news it was exploring selling off up to 40% of mortgage book Metro Bank shares rebounded from all-time lows on Friday , amid reports that the embattled lender was sitting on a £600m offer from bondholders that could cover its looming funding pressures. Continue reading.

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