Things we're reading today include ...
- EBay founder rejects Icahn's call for PayPal spinoff
- Standard Life quit plan sparks row
- Spain starts privatisation of Bankia
- Credit Suisse made 'ill-gotten' profits on tax for decades
- Bank of America disputes $2.1 billion claim in U.S. fraud suit
- How one woman escaped the City to make jam ... and then came back
- Scotland could 'go it alone': Standard & Poor's
- Mt. Gox: a quick rise and even faster fall
- Japan says any bitcoin regulation should be international
- Bitcoin is not our remit, says Fed chief Janet Yellen
RBS results:
- RBS shares tumble after £8.2bn loss
- RBS defends paying 'fair' £576m in bonuses after losing £8bn
- RBS bonus fury as bankers walk away with £576m in 'astonishing betrayal' to taxpayers
- RBS: the hidden numbers that tell the real story
- RBS has lost all the £46bn pumped in by the taxpayer
- RBS saga plays out on grand scale
- RBS boss: bank needs to be smaller, simpler and much smarter
This week's Economist:
- Internet finance in China: Foe or frenemy?
- Swiss banks: Thrown to the dogs
- Peer-to-peer lending: Banking without banks
- The Balkanisation of banking: The island defence
- Virtual banking: Simple but uncertain
- Fraud on the market: Pay on say
- China’s currency: One way no more
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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...
