Things we're reading today include ...
- Lloyds back in profit for the first time since financial crisis
- Antonio Horta-Osorio says Treasury welcomed to sell Lloyds shares any time
- Lloyds chief to get £1.7m bonus as bank posts profit
- Lloyds boss defends £1.7m bonus
- Lloyds in £1bn tax dispute with HMRC over Irish losses
- Lloyds claims a £415m pre-tax profit – but numbers don’t add up
- Exclusive: World Bank aims to boost lending by 50 percent over 10 years
- BNP sets aside $1.1 billion for possible U.S. sanctions fine
- Six China shadow banks threatened with default over coal firm exposure: paper
- Goldman boss's Valentine's pledge: we will work hard to regain love
- Insight: Wells Fargo edges back into subprime as U.S. mortgage market thaws
- Mark Carney switches forward guidance rules as growth forecasts hit 3.4 per cent
- Cyber-thieves 'grab video of victims' to steal bank cash
- Mind the capital gap
This week's Ecomomist:
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...