Things we're reading today include ...
Companies
Facebook overtakes Google - The
Independent
Italy's Unicredit to pay dividend - BBC
Major banks in Italian fraud case - BBC
Markets
UK banking lacks competition, says Adam Posen - The Telegraph
Security fear over end of cheques - BBC
City poaching brightest engineering and science talent,
BAE chairman warns - The Telegraph
Financial Services Authority to hire 460 new staff -
The Independent
Merkel backs eurozone exclusions - BBC
Japan's central bank offers cheap loans to fight
deflation - The Telegraph
Regulations
Bernanke opposes plan to strip Federal Reserve of small
bank supervision role - The Telegraph
Bank charges: 'Banks should offer accounts that can't
go overdrawn' - The Telegraph
Final victory for banks as OFT fails to impose limit on
charges - The Independent
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...