Things we're reading today include ...
- Fears for Spain and Slovenia as EU demands urgent action on economies
- FCA will try human touch
- FCA targets exploitative tactics
- HBOS bosses remain in firing line
- HBOS accused of misleading investors over Sir James Crosby's £2m pension top up
- Scandals collide as KPMG partner ensnared over Herbalife
- KPMG leak recipient identified
- Scandal-hit KPMG could face probe over HBOS audit
- Analysis: How Goldman's dollar-store bet reaped a fortune
- Goldman Sachs fends off shareholders over stripping Lloyd Blankfein of chairman role
- Blankfein avoids vote but Dimon on the hook
- Big banks 'more dangerous than ever', IMF's Christine Lagarde says
- Tobin Tax is madness for Europe, and economic war against Britain
- Vatican agrees to financial transparency following critical Moneyval report
- Pay bankers in debt, Andy Haldane says
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...