THIS government’s relationship with the banking industry becomes more like Edward Lear’s Miss Maniac by the day.

Source:Teresa Hunter: Driven crazy by nonsense banking reforms (The Scotsman: Business)

List of candidates to replace Luke Johnson is being whittled down and a decision expected within the next two weeks Former BBC director general, Greg Dyke, and ex-GCap Media chairman, Richard Eyre, have emerged as names in the frame for the job of Channel 4 chairman. The list of candidates to replace Luke Johnson is being whittled down and a decision is expected within the next two weeks …

Source:Dyke and Eyre tipped to chair Channel 4 (Guardian Unlimited)

BUSINESSES could virtually wipe out the multi-million pound risk of credit card fraud by using a new preventive security system, its Scottish developers claim.

Source:Sykes aims to wipe out credit card fraud (The Scotsman: Business)

The financial sector was humbled by the recession, but many of the big names have started recruiting again – and there’s no shortage of applicants, says Simon Creasey Given all the opprobrium heaped on investment bankers over the past 18 months or so, you might think it would be the last industry embarking on a recruitment drive with university students. Investment banking was initially one of …

Source:Graduate careers: Banking's back (Guardian Unlimited)

Amidst all the heat around the sale of banking interests it would be too easy to forget that one of the most lucrative of sales now coming down the track is actually RBS’s sale of its insurance interests in particular Churchill Direct Line and Green Flag.

Source:Insurance industry eyes rich pickings from RBS (Daily Telegraph)