Things we're reading today include ...
- Upbeat Hester says RBS is reaching recovery point
- RBS close to full recovery, says chief Stephen Hester
- Temasek 'looks to sell £6bn Standard Chartered stake'
- Senior Nomura banker poached by UBS
- Kweku Adoboli's colleagues 'knew of his illicit trades'
- Banks sign up to lending scheme
- £80bn funding boosts bank lending to households and small businesses
- BBA agrees to be stripped of role in setting Libor
- Spanish bailout on cards despite €3bn debt sale
- ECB and Bundesbank checking legality of bond-buying program
- Berlusconi is back with an attack on the Germans
- Merkel: Europe must stay the course with painful reform
- Bank reform has stalled, warns IMF
- Cashing in on the death of others
- Hughes attacks 'racist' bankers
- China's super-rich feel slowdown
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...