Things we're reading today include ...
MP urges probe into HBOS loans (BBC)
German debts set to blow 'like a grenade'
(Telegraph)
Iceland asks parliament to start EU talks
(Euractiv)
Integration and innovation - The Alpha and Omega of a successful retail payments market in Europe, speech by Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB
Hank Paulson Admits He Never Really Understood How Mortgage-Backed Securities Worked
(Consumerist)
Green shoots set to wither, warns Nobel Prize winner (Independent)
Post-trade suffers heat of regulation (Financial Times)
Private equity in banking (Financial Times)
Financial Sector Cybersecurity Issues (Information Security Resources)
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...