Things worth reading: 3rd May 2012

Things we're reading today include ...

King renews push for bank reform
BBC

Sir Mervyn King blasts banks for bringing UK to brink of ruin
The Telegraph

Sir Mervyn King's speech: in full
The Telegraph

  

MasterCard: plastic progress
Financial Times

Visa reveals DoJ demand as card groups shine
Financial Times

Fiserv To Offer Global ACH Payments Through Partnership with Earthport 
Payments News

Can Lloyds shareholders bank on a dividend?
The Telegraph

UBS's appeal to wealthy helps it shrug off fall in profit
The Telegraph

UBS first-quarter profits halved
The Independent

Growth rises at Standard Chartered
The Independent

 

Who is to blame for PPI claims influx?
BBC

Squeeze on banks hits project finance
Financial Times

Fresh blow for Global Payments
Financial Times

 

Ignoring Basel III would cause deeper economic crisis, warns Chancellor George Osborne
The Telegraph

VIDEO: Eurozone unemployment at record high
BBC