Things we're reading today include:
Gordon Brown signs up to creation of new EU financial regulators (Telegraph)
Jubilant Sarkozy sees EU take powers over the City (Times)
UK wins concessions on EU rules (Telegraph)
New European financial regulators will lack a full set of teeth (Telegraph)
Cost of London high life on the slide
(Financial Times)
Lord Turner flags tighter capital rules (Telegraph)
UBS legal case jeopardises Swiss-US treaty on secret bank accounts (Times)
Scott Thompson, CEO of PayPal, at Wired's Disruptive by Design Conference (PayPal Blog)
Social media marketing stepped up at First Direct (Equi Media)
First Direct's Social Media NewsRoom Live
Crisis over – start worrying (Financial Times)
Quote of the Day:
"The biggest innovation at PayPal has been in computerizing risk management."
Scott Thompson, CEO, PayPal
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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...