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People and Companies
Broker fined for 'rotten' scheme - BBC
RBS eyes sale of Priory to private equity - Financial Times
Dubai World reaches $23.5bn debt deal with banks -
The Telegraph
UK
Coalition outlines bank reforms - BBC
Coalition reveals hopes for banking levies and lower
corporation tax - The Times
'Unfair' bank charges facing ban - BBC
Lib-Con plan for City crime super-agency - The Times
In The Spotlight: A bitter-sweet moment for the City's
top crime buster - The Independent
Europe
Angela Merkel calls for tough regulation on banks -
The Telegraph
Merkel leads calls for global financial tax as markets
continue to slide - The Times
Merkel begs G20 to speed up reform as markets fall -
The Independent
Whatever Germany does, the euro as we know it is dead
- The Telegraph
Spain passes $19bn austerity plan - BBC
Euro bank builds for the future - The Telegraph
USA
Historic Wall Street overhaul passed by US Senate -
The Times
'Flash crash' saw Apple shares gain 40,000 per cent
- The Independent
US state pensions becoming federal issue - Financial Times
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...