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People
NatWest Three trial: Giles Darby 'fundamentally' disagrees with 'torture' outburst from David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew - The Telegraph
Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein cashes in $6m profit on options - The Telegraph
Companies
Cost of winding up Lehman Brothers now close to $1bn - The Telegraph
Barclays pays $298m over US sanctions violations - The Independent
SMX to trade derivatives contracts - Financial Times
Blow to CME over futures trading - Financial Times
Standard Chartered to expand banking services for Asia's rich - The Telegraph
China AgBank's record share issue - BBC
Markets
Euro inflation hits 20-month high - BBC
China overtakes Japan as world's second-largest economic power - 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...