Celtic Bank recently announced that it has hired Dan O’Meara as regional vice president/SBA business development for Colorado. “Moving into Colorado was an easy decision, knowing that Dan O’Meara would be helping Celtic Bank accomplish that,” said Reese Howell, Jr. chief executive officer of Celtic Bank.
Being raised in Colorado, O’Meara has a sound understanding of [...]

The Supreme Court will hand down a judgement on Wednesday that could lead to billions of pounds being refunded to millions of bank customers.
Lord Phillips will reveal the Court’s decision on an appeal by seven banks and the Nationwide building society.
They want to stop the Office of Fair Trading using consumer protection rules to investigate [...]

Australia has raised its main interest rate for the second month in a row, to 3.5% from 3.25%.
The move by its central bank was not unexpected as the Australian economy was the only one in the developed world to expand in the first half of 2009.
In fact, Australia managed to avoid recession, only seeing its [...]

Another banking crisis is just around the corner unless the Government cracks down on the ‘get rich quick’ City bonus culture, a think thank has warned.
Speaking a year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said “real reform” had been “very limited”.
The group said the City was still [...]

The security measures used by some high street banks for online accounting leaves their customers open to fraud, according to a leading consumer group…..
Abbey and Halifax were found to have the weakest visible security systems for online bankers.
Meanwhile Alliance & Leicester and HSBC’s measures were described as “average”.
The survey, conducted by Which? Computing, said Halifax’s [...]

The head of the UK’s financial watchdog is backing a new tax on banks to curb bumper city bonuses….
In a strong attack on the industry, Lord Turner said much of the activities of the City of London were “socially useless”.
The influential chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) told  Prospect Magazine the financial sector was [...]

Lloyd’s of London has insisted it remains in good shape despite seeing its profits almost halved last year.
The insurance giant posted profits of £1.9bn – down from £3.85bn a year earlier – a figure that reflects lower insurance rates and the impact of significant claims from natural catastrophes such as North Atlantic hurricanes Gustav and [...]

IFAZ LLC opens a new communications center to help Wall Street and Recession weary investors looking to weather the economic storm. The [...]

Experian, the global information services company, has revealed that while the majority (67%) of large UK-based organisations are primarily focused on enhancing business efficiency and [...]

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