Tagged: bank of england

December 17, 2012 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Following the comments by Bank of England Director Andrew Haldane which challenged the hegemony of the traditional banking industry in the UK several Crowdfunding leaders voiced their support in CityAM for his comments; “pretty strong evidence that we are becoming a major threat”, and that… Read More

December 17, 2012 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

As reported in the Telegraph, Andrew Haldane a Bank of England Senior Director is on record stating; “I see opportunity knocking for finance,” he added. “Hopefully, the growth of peer-to-peer lenders and those involved in crowdfunding will help solve the problems we have with lending… Read More

October 31, 2012 @ 3:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Senior Bank of England executive Andy Haldane has backed calls for the creation of a shared database for the storage of customer account details, arguing that the move would help boost competition in financial services. In a speech at Occupy Economics’ Socially Useful Banking event… Read More