Things we're reading today include ...
- Barclays seals its push to become Africa's largest bank
- Barclays lines up former FSA chief Hector Sants for 'senior role'
- Virgin Money looks at £1bn credit card deal
- Ex-Deutsche Bank staff say bank hid $12bn losses
- HSBC set to pay more than $1.5bn to settle money laundering probe
- UK banks face $2.5bn fines over sanctions and money laundering
- Netflix says CEO's Facebook post triggered SEC notice
- Zynga seeks US gambling licence
- Kenya’s biggest bank: The cult of Equity
- Bank staff 'still push products'
- ECB cuts euro growth forecasts
- Italy’s economy: Monti’s medicine
- China regulator frets over confidence crisis after investment product fails
- The Big Four auditors: Accountable
- ‘I have chosen the bright side’
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...