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PRESS: HSBC Helped Clients To Evade Tax In UK - BBC

Monday newspaper round-up: HSBC tax dodge, UK pensioners, CGT loophole

Leaked bank account files have revealed that HSBC's Swiss banking branch took part in tax avoidance schemes, helping well-off customers hide millions of dollars in assets, untraceable cash and domestic tax loopholes, wrote The Guardian. A multi-billion-pound bonds windfall unveiled by chancellor Geo

HSBC admits Swiss bank failings over client taxes

UPDATE 1-Contactless card payments treble in Britain in 2014

* $3.6 billion spent with contactless cards in 2014 * Proportion of purchases made with cards increases (Adds data from Barclays) By Matt Scuffham LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Spending using contactless payment cards more than trebled to 2.32 billion pounds ($3.6 billion) in Brit

Contactless card payments treble in Britain during 2014

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Spending using contactless payment cards more than trebled to 2.32 billion pounds ($3.6 billion) in Britain during 2014, the UK Cards Association said on Friday. The trade body said debit and credit cards now accounted for 75.8 percent of retail sales in Britain, c

REFILE-UPDATE 1-UK traders should pass exam, bank lobby group says

(Clarifies who BBA wants to increase accountability for, para 8) * FICC traders would be required to hold qualification * BBA also backs extension of accountability regime * BBA says review a 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity By Steve Slater and Matt Scuffham LONDON,

CORRECT: Non-Standard Finance Eyes GBP100 Million IPO Raising (ALLIPO)

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UK traders should have to pass exam to trade, bank group says

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of bond, currency and commodities traders in London should have to pass an exam and obtain a new qualification to trade as part of attempts to raise standards, Britain's bank lobby group said. The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said a "licence to trad

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Sky And Hargreaves Lansdown Bookend FTSE 100

S&P Lowers Long-Term Credit Ratings Of London-listed Banks

Barclays, HSBC, RBS have ratings cut by S&P

Standard & Poor's has downgraded a number of UK and European banks on Tuesday. Barclays and Lloyds were lowered by two notches to 'BBB', while Royal Bank of Scotland was downgraded two notches to 'BBB-' and S&P cut HSBC by a notch to 'A'. Standard Chartered was downgraded one level to 'A-', while t

Big banks face $500bn "bail in" bonds bill - S&P

By Huw Jones LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The world's 30 biggest banks will have to issue more than $500 billion in bonds to comply with proposed global rules aimed at shielding taxpayers from the risk of future banking failures, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) said on Tuesday.Read more