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Hopes for more diverse boards rise after London IPOs had only 15% of women directors in 2022

Analysis from Investec expects a better showing for new listings and board-level gender diversity in 2023

Evening Standard

Seoul Seeks Aramco’s Help to Win Contracts of Saudi Giga Projects

South Korea's government intends to make its firms enter the Saudi market and win contracts to construct $500 billion worth of projects to develop smart and eco-friendly cities in NEOM, in the northwest of the Kingdom. The Export-Import Bank of Korea has announced the signing of a $6 billion framework…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia’s Reserve Bank could put King Charles on $5 banknote if future government wanted it

Documents reveal RBA would ‘consult with the government of the day’ and Peter Dutton has made clear he would support such a move

The Guardian - AU

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NAB in court over 'excessive, unreasonable' staff hours

NAB's practice of demanding lengthy unpaid overtime from staff will be examined in a new union lawsuit that may have wider ramifications in the finance sector.

AAP

International Women's Day: 23 top British women business leaders for 2023

BusinessLive shines a light on some of the thousands of women exemplifying leadership around the UK

Birmingham Post

Compensation scheme for financial victims a step closer

Australia's banking and insurance industries will need to act with honesty and diligence under new laws introduced to the federal parliament.

AAP

BoE powers to oversee insurers ‘may not offset risks posed by looser regulation’

Solvency II reforms governing sector may prove inadequate, warns Sam Woods, head of the Bank’s regulatory arm

The Guardian - UK

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Alex Murdaugh associate Russell Laffitte is denied new trial over financial fraud charges

Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, was convicted in November of financial fraud charges in connection to Murdaugh’s alleged white collar fraud schemes

The Independent UK

China Plans to Create Vast New Financial Regulator

The new body will absorb the CBIRC and oversee all parts of the financial industry other than securities, State Council proposal says

Caixin Global

Woman, 91, loses account and pension after Barclays declares her dead

Bank apologises after error results in elderly woman having account closed and phone and energy cut off

The Guardian - UK

How much extra could mortgage repayments be, now the cash rate is 3.6 per cent?

Tell us your loan size, term and interest rate, and our mortgage repayment calculator will work out how much extra you may have to pay on your loan.

ABC News

Bank of America CEO predicts ‘slight’ US recession this year

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says he expects mild downturn in third quarter of 2023.

Al Jazeera

SoFi Bank sues to block Biden's student loan payment pause

A private bank is trying to force the Biden administration to end its pause on federal student loan payments, arguing that the moratorium has no legal basis and has cost the bank millions of dollars in profits

The Independent UK

ASX closes higher as Reserve Bank lifts cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.6 per cent; InvoCare surges on takeover bid — as it happened

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifts the cash rate to 3.6 per cent, and the local share market closes higher. Look back on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog.

ABC News

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Tribune News Service

US banks are finally being forced to raise rates on deposits

U.S. banks are being forced to do something they haven’t done for 15 years: fight for deposits.

Chronicle Live

Warning on impersonation scams to watch out for as copycat fraudsters try to con you

Impersonation - where criminals attempt to fool you by mimicking friends, family or authorities - were responsible for almost a third of all money lost to fraudsters last year

ABC News

St.George Bank defends flagging payment of $30 that had 'Muslim' in transaction description

A Bank of Melbourne customer is left confused after being told to contact the economic and trade sanctions team over a $30 transfer to a family member.

The Independent UK

Proposals to reimburse scam victims are half-baked, says Treasury Committee

Treasury Committee chair Harriett Baldwin said regulators need to sort out exclusions and criteria quickly.

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Manchester Evening News

Bank to create 1,000 Manchester jobs after signing deal to open major city centre office

Starling Bank is to move into the building which is already home to HSBC, Santander and Grant Thornton

Birmingham Post

Starling Bank to create 1,000 jobs in Manchester after signing Landmark deal

Other tenants include Santander UK, RSM, HSBC UK and Grant Thornton

Chicago Sun-Times

Dead Bridgeport banker routinely hid bad loans from federal regulators, trial shows

Washington Federal Bank for Savings failure trial lays bare how CEO John F. Gembara told employees to conceal delinquent loans for millions owed by ‘friends of John.’

Daily Mirror

Lloyds Pharmacy 'puts all 1,300 branches at risk of closure' in major high street blow

Its owner private equity firm Aurelius is said to have launched a strategic review of the business, which could result in its high street stores closing for good

Birmingham Post

Bank of Ireland creates 100 tech all-island jobs to accelerate digitalisation

The bank is on the lookout for cloud platform engineers, cybersecurity experts, data infrastructure engineers, specialised project managers and business analysts

ABC News

Scam protection from banks under scrutiny as Australians lose $53m in two months

Sharon Watkins was fortunate enough to get her money back, but she and consumer advocates say it's time banks did more to protect their customers. Meanwhile, Australians have already lost $53m to con artists this year.

AAP

NAB bank head backs in Labor superannuation plan

Labor has received support for its superannuation plan from an interesting quarter - the chief executive of NAB.

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