Job losses as 17 banks close across county

An RBS spokesman said: “More and more of our customers are choosing to do their everyday banking online or on mobile. “Since 2014 the number of customers using our branches across the UK has fallen by 40 per cent and mobile transactions have increased by 73 per cent over the same period.
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News stories about Stonegate Mortgage (NYSE:SGM) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale
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KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Governor Chiranjibi Nepal has said that most of the local units in the new federal set up have already got a commercial bank. Speaking at the 20th annual day of Society of Economic Journalists-Nepal (Sejon) in the capital on Friday, governor Nepal said
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BEND, Ore. – Rental scams are a familiar problem for people looking for housing on the High Desert. The FBI recently warned that Oregon's hot housing market puts it at greater risk for this type of fraud. Joseph Senko is looking for a Bend rental and came across the issue firsthand. Senko said he saw a
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A Red Deer charity that provides medical equipment for those who need it has been recognized with a 2017 Premier's Council Award. The Lending Cupboard received an Award of Excellence in Community on Friday from the Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Lending Cupboard officials
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There, we have 6 or 7 banks that provide banking services for us. Regulation is clear. If you are a regulated exchange you offer your services to Japanese residents. It's not clear in Singapore. There's no bill, even though something will be announced by the end of the year. Then, that needs to pass and
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More notable recent Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) news were published by: Forbes.com which released: “The #1 Real Estate Stock To Own Is Built On Trends – Alexandria Real Estate …” on May 20, 2017, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Alexandria Real Estate Equities'
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China Lending logo China Lending (NASDAQ:CLDC) was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued on Friday. China Lending (NASDAQ CLDC) opened at $2.84 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 13.32
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The Senate passed a tax reform bill well past midnight Friday in Washington, D.C., that would make major changes to the federal tax code by significantly lowering corporate taxes, while making more modest changes to individual tax bills. A number of changes were added hours before a vote, with some
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Lending Times surveyed key lending decision makers globally to gauge the status of their digital lending transformation. Get inspiration from Lending Times Digital Lending Survey and use this infographic to get actionable insights from industry leaders on the digitalization of their lending processes.
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The Wadebridge branch will close on December 8, Newquay Bank Street branch on February 19, the St Ives branch on May 21, the Bodmin branch on May 29, the Helston branch on June 11 and the Liskeard branch on June 18. NatWest blamed the sudden closure of the Wadebridge branch on dry rot.
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Victoria, Australia—Finding a mortgage broker who specializes in catering to specific generations is a rare privilege. While mortgage brokers often provide services to people of all generations, the needs of the younger generations are rapidly changing in the global era. Rising Tide institutes an award
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As a wave of good sentiment washes over the perception of Bitcoin, naysayers still abound – banking establishment. The latest ramblings … While the Bank of France remains bullish on their stance of cryptocurrencies, America is gearing up for mainstream trading of Bitcoin this month. On Friday, the US
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On Friday night, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk clarified muddled reports about launch plans for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, part of his plan to get humans to Mars. According to Musk, it will launch for the first time in early 2018, and the cargo will include Musk's own Tesla Roadster. Falcon Heavy to
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2 (CNA) Transactions of residential and commercial property for November staged a rebound, up over 10 percent from a month earlier, on peak season … Charlene Chang (張旭嵐), a spokesperson for Taiwan Realty Enterprise, said demand in the local property market tended to be strong at the end of a
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Fortune Brands Home & Security logo Equities analysts expect that Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) will report $1.38 billion in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Six analysts have issued estimates for Fortune Brands Home & Security's earnings, with estimates ranging
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Re “Answer to housing crisis is in plain sight: manufactured homes” (Nov. 30): After reading Chris Reed's proposed solution of manufactured homes aimed at a deficit of affordable housing, I'm of the opinion that it addresses a symptom, but not the cause. To be clear, astronomical housing prices are a
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Exxon Mobil Corp. added British-born chemicals head Neil Chapman to its powerful management committee as Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods shapes day-to-day management of the world's biggest oil producer at the end of his first year in charge. Chapman, 55, the sixth member of the group
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In their rush to pass something, anything, that they can call “tax reform,” congressional Republicans have achieved the impossible: They have made an awful plan even worse. The first thing to note about the bill the Senate passed early Saturday is that it is not, by any reasonable definition of the term, tax
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China Rapid Finance in November reported a 514 percent year-on-year increase in short-term consumer lending in the third quarter to $908 million. PPDAI'S “handy cash loans”, with maturities of one to six weeks, increased more than 10 fold year-on-year to 1.98 billion yuan in the second quarter, it said
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