Things we're reading today include:
RBS working on multimillion-pound bonus for Hester (Telegraph)
Queen's banker Coutts caught up in row over tax avoidance scheme (Guardian)
Lloyds investor calls for Blank handover (Telegraph)
Lloyds losing the battle for hearts and minds (Telegraph)
BarCap goes on European hiring spree (Independent)
US problems take shine off strong HSBC performance (Telegraph)
U.S. Banks Rush To Raise Capital (Post Chronicle)
London's financial services sector creates a trading surplus of £43bn (Independent)
Bank of England: recovery to be V-shaped (Telegraph)
Bank of England braced for third wave of financial crisis (Guardian)
CEOs who use Twitter (Businesss Week)
IBM files patent for shorter meetings (the Register)
Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...