Things we're reading today include ...
- Bitcoin price breaks through the $1,000 barrier
- Bitcoin's rise divides the experts
- Banks face payments of $104bn, says S&P
- City of London police inquiry adds to RBS investigations
- Monte Paschi top investor committed to bank relaunch, where possible
- UBS Paris headquarters raided by French authorities in tax evasion probe
- City of London could survive out of EU, say top economists
- India's Tata shelves banking plans
- We've kept businesses alive - RBS
- Standard Chartered first British bank to open Iraq branch
- Payday lender Peachy hit by fresh allegations of misleading advertising
- 'No evidence' to back up RBS allegations, says chief executive
- Nine million in 'serious' debt
- Barclays Capital ordered to pay $2.1 million to NY trader
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...