Things we're reading today include ...
- RBS sells Direct Line stake on eve of revealing losses
- RBS to sell its stake in motor insurer Direct Line
- RBS set for £1bn windfall from Direct Line sale
- Co-op Group to 'sell farms ahead of £2bn loss'
- Co-op sells 150 years of history with plans to ditch farms and jobs
- Co-op to report worst results in history
- Credit Suisse 'helped wealthy Americans hide billions in secret Swiss bank accounts'
- Credit Suisse CEO fights back on tax evasion claims
- Swiss bank boss 'regrets' tax ploy
- Credit Suisse 'aided' US tax evaders
- 'Would you prefer to do time in the US or Switzerland?' US asks Credit Suisse
- Attorney subpoenaed Mt. Gox, other bitcoin businesses: source
- Mt.Gox closure: Bitcoin exchange probed by US and Japanese authorities
- MtGox and Bitcoin: where has £251m gone?
- Payday loan problems rise steeply
- Visa Europe antitrust deal accepted
- HSBC taps ex-Homeland Security agent for anti money-laundering role
- Foreign banks could be banned from City
- JPMorgan compliance chief leaves firm: WSJ
- China's $12 trillion corporate debt pushes up refunding costs, drives mergers
- Hackers focus on stealing money from mobile banking
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...