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Apple, Google and Amazon named as most valuable brands in world
Facebook slips in top 10 but US tech firms dominate Interbrand’s ranking again
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HSBC winds down private banking operation in Monaco
Move completes effort to reduce services to wealthy after tax scandals at Swiss arm and dealings with Panamanian law firm
HSBC rolls out voice and touch ID security for bank customers
High street bank and First Direct to offer 15 million customers its biometric banking software to access online and phone accounts using their fingerprint or voice. And yes, it does work if you have a cold
Britain’s super-rich cash in on low interest rates with £1m mortgages
Number of £1m-plus mortgages granted to lenders has risen by a fifth, with private banks main funders of central London trophy properties