Things we're reading today include ...
- Exclusive: Europe plans major scaling back of financial trading tax
- Regulation of payday lenders criticised
- Banks play guessing game on losses, says Barclays
- Lawmaker asks Justice Department to investigate JPMorgan power trading
- Bonus culture cut back as fewer City workers get a payout
- Goldman attracts 17,000 intern applicants
- Rivals sought for big five banks
- Financial Institutions Should Prepare for a Crowded and Fragmented Multi-Wallet Future in Mobile
- Digital money: Taking a liberty
- Virtual currencies run into legal trouble
- European monetary policy: The negative option
- Banca Etica: Ethical banking in Italy
- Crowdfunding in America: End of the peer show
- China’s shadow banks: The credit kulaks
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...