As IT Fiasco Drags On, UK Bank’s Next Big Problem Could Be Internal Revolt by Don Quijones • May 6, 2018 • 35 Comments It’s time for executive bonuses.
UK Bank’s IT Disaster Enters 2nd Week, Contagion Fears Rise by Don Quijones • Apr 30, 2018 • 28 Comments “This turned what was a super-hard systems job [into] a clusterfuck in the making.”
Are European Companies Ready for Life Without Draghi? by Don Quijones • Apr 29, 2018 • 35 Comments Not going to be easy, especially for “zombie” companies.
Airbnb Just Lost a Limb in its Fourth Biggest Market by Don Quijones • Apr 26, 2018 • 35 Comments Amid a blossoming backlash against mass tourism.
UK Bank’s Tech Chaos Blocks Customers from Their Funds: Day 5 by Don Quijones • Apr 24, 2018 • 30 Comments But Spanish parent, Banco Sabadell, proclaimed triumphantly to its Spanish audience that the botched IT transition was a resounding success.
EU Moves to Protect Financial System from Failing Banks by Don Quijones • Apr 19, 2018 • 29 Comments Too Little, Too Late?
US-China Trade-War Threats Rattle Germany AG by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2018 • 15 Comments Unlike the New York Fed yesterday, ZEW named names and pointed fingers.
Construction Giants in Spain Panic over Prospect of Losing one of their Biggest Rackets by Don Quijones • Apr 11, 2018 • 12 Comments Government gets ready to cave.
After a String of Corporate Scandals & Collapses, “Big Four” Accounting Giants Face Breakup in the UK by Don Quijones • Apr 9, 2018 • 19 Comments UK regulators may be on the verge of doing something right, but doubts remain over how genuine their stated intentions are.
World’s Most Wanted Bank Whistleblower Was Just Arrested, for the Worst Possible Reason by Don Quijones • Apr 4, 2018 • 34 Comments For a prisoner exchange between Switzerland and Spain?