Following on from the surges in Medtech and Cleantech the disruptions in the financial industry are creating new opportunities. Financial Technology companies (Fintechs) are the latest group of start up entrepreneurs converging on London to exploit an opportunity. These pioneers are spotting gaps in the market for money transmission, peer to peer lending, riskier and Read more about Now it is ‘Fintechs’…[…]

In one of the first significance Court Cases on the topic, a couple of property/hotel business people have ‘failed entirely’ in their claim that RBS mis-sold them what was a relatively straightforward SWAP contract. There were a number of points that came out of the very clear judgement, but a significant one for bank business customers Read more about The importance of records – SWAP’s (Green & Rowley v RBS)[…]

Melvyn King’s idea of breaking up RBS should be undertaken differently. RBS Business and Corporate teams include some talented bankers with years of experience of SME lending. When ‘Humpty fell off the wall’ their best deal-doers were redeployed to handle problem cases and ‘manage out’ situations and with that part of the portfolio being ‘cleaned up’ they now face an uncertain Read more about The breaking up of RBS and lending to businesses[…]