Things we're reading today include ...
StanChart unveils $1.6bn fundraising (Financial Times)
HSBC chairman Stephen Green says 'worst of crisis over'
(Telegraph)
Angry, depressed and in debt: customers blast Barclays and HSBC (Times)
HSBC says it wants to lend but businesses won't borrow
(Independent)
UBS posts seventh loss in two years
(Guardian)
UBS reports yet another big loss
(BBC)
Kaupthing loan book details culture of the collapsed bank (Telegraph)
How do you sink bankers' yachts? Give banks some proper competition
(Telegraph)
Forecasters blindfolded over banks’ fate
(Herald)
Banks defend bonus culture as profits jump (Guardian)
Pressure grows on Bank as money supply falls
(Times)
EU hedge fund proposals threaten pension funds
(Financial Times)
Is now the time to buy bank shares?
(Telegraph)
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