Things we're reading today include ...
- If RBS needs a bad bank why doesn't Lloyds?
- Investment banking slowdown to hit European lenders
- Deutsche Bank hit by €1.2bn legal charge
- World Bank: Easier to start a company in Afghanistan than UK
- Japan's financial regulator to probe country's top banks
- Lloyds profits as bad debts fall but mis-selling bill hits £8bn
- FSA cleared Britannia's balance sheet just months before Co-op merger
- Rabobank fined $1bn over Libor
- World Bank: Britain is best country in world for credit but it's easier to start a company in Afghanistan than UK
- Timeline: UBS’s regulatory woes
- UBS facing US and Swiss probes over market manipulation claims
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...