Things worth reading today include ...
People
Jon Asgeir leaves House of Fraser to fight fraud claims
- The Telegraph
The dangers of working in the Gulf - The Telegraph
Hornby responds to critics with record result - The Independent
Companies
Amex joins Permira in push for RBS unit - Financial Times
Blackstone-led consortium drops bid for FNIS - Financial Times
Thomas Weisel charged with securities fraud - Financial Times
Santander savers face reduced protection from FSCS -
The Telegraph
Governments
The Chancellor will have less freedom to ‘fiddle
figures’ - The Times
Government softens on bank reform - The Telegraph
Osborne set to be the boss of banking – to the great
relief of the industry - The Independent
Here is your inheritance, now spend your way to
recovery - The Times
Europe
Europe sets twin sights on the City - The Telegraph
ECB emergency operation to shore up euro - The Times
Technology
Bankers trade their BlackBerrys for iPhones - The Times
YouTube at five - 2bn views a day - BBC
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...