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		<title>Greater transparency in ISA market</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent changes introduced by the OFT in a bid to arrest the inefficiencies of the cash ISA market have been heartily welcomed by Consumer Focus, which has described the measures as the first step towards dragging the UK&#8217;s £158bn cash ISA market into the 21st century.
Consumers could stand to save £14.5m by the transfer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RNID calls for greater deaf awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Deaf Awareness Week begins running from 28 June – 4 July), the RNID is encouraging banks and other financial services firms to ensure that they are providing full accessibility to those in the UK who are hard of hearing or deaf.
With 9 million Britons in this position, they present a substantial proportion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CII backs new FSA mortgage rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New rules issued by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) have been welcomed by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
The rules pertain to mortgage advice, and seek to guarantee that those who offer such advice will be held accountable for their professional guidance.
The FSA&#8217;s new rules will dictate how mortgage advisers and those who arrange non-advised sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks know customers as well as a good friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GI Insight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research from customer insight and database marketing specialist GI Insight has revealed that customers believe their banks have done a good job of getting to know them.
This compares relatively well with other sectors (such as car manufacturers and estate agents), who have yet to engage to the same degree as the banks.
The score of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brewin Dolphin welcomes CGT changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment manager Brewin Dolphin, which manages £23bn for more than 130,000 clients, has responded to the Coalition Government&#8217;s Budget, held earlier today.
Executive Chairman Jamie Matheson has said that the retention of the annual free allowance for capital gains tax (CGT) will be met with relief on all sides.
Many savers will continue to pay CGT at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro Bank targets London customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metro Bank will become the first new bank on the high street in more than a century when it opens its doors on 29th July.
The newcomer has indicated it intends to put customer service at the heart of its offering, and that it hopes to be the most convenient and pleasant place to bank.
GfK Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barroso backs bank levy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Commission president José Barroso has called for a new tax on banks.
Barroso stated that he wanted sound financial institutions, and that he was supportive of a tax either on profits or financial transactions.
His comments come shortly before a G20 summit, and will add to the EU-driven pressure for more taxation of the banking sector.
Last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brewin Dolphin calls for caution over CGT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 22 June the new Coalition Government is set to change the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) regime, potentially adversely affecting a large number of small investors and prudent savers, Brewin Dolphin has warned.
Brewin Dolphin has called for the Government to proceed carefully, and to consider keeping the capital gains tax allowance at £10,000, taking account [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup fraud warning issued</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/20052010-world-cup-fraud-warning-issued/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/20052010-world-cup-fraud-warning-issued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Kilner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Actimize]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actimize, part of NICE Systems and provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, has issued a warning to the banking sector that it may have insufficient protection against fraud related to this year&#8217;s World Cup.
A spike in fraudulent activity occurred when the FIFA World Cup final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing Customer Data With Governments – Minimise The Burden</title>
		<link>http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/19052010-sharing-customer-data-with-governments-%e2%80%93-minimise-the-burden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Longoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actimize AML specialist Joe Longoria argues that commercial and ethical imperatives compel institutions to make sure accurate data is disclosed for AML and counter-terrorism purposes.
Section 314(a) of the US Patriot Act was a milestone in the fight against terrorist financing and money laundering. 
Since 2002, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network [...]]]></description>
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