Things we're reading today include ...
Companies
Goldman Sachs Stock Surges, Despite Lawsuit Disclosures - Wall Street Journal
Cost of Goldman debt insurance soars - Financial Times
RBS on the long road to recovery - The Telegraph
RBS cuts fees as it returns to health ahead of results
- The Telegraph
Lloyds top of league for LBO loans - Financial Times
Regulators
ECB in U-turn on junk bonds to save Greek banking
system - The Times
Fingers on the button at the ECB - The Times
Basel
regulators weigh cost of reform - Financial
Times
Markets
Banks
Keep Lending Standards Tight - Wall Street Journal
Apple iPad tops one million sales in 28 days - The 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...