Things we're reading today include ...
- Investment bankers at Barclays brace for cull
- Barclays to shake up investment bank
- Barclays to review the shape and size of its investment bank: Sources
- Rogue bankers and their bosses face six years bonus clawbacks
- Singapore tackles virtual currencies
- RBS restructuring will 'heavily depress' profits, warns Moody's
- Fed looked into forex first but failed to act
- Bank of America back in court over $2.1 billion fraud penalties
- UBS CEO's pay rises by a fifth to $12.3 million in 2013
- SMEs pushed into open arms of alternative funders
- Citi looks to weather storm at Mexican unit
- The furtive folk of global finance
- China slowdown spooks markets as Premier Li Keqiang warns of 'severe challenges' ahead
- A Look at the Evolution of Payments in Southern Africa
This week's Economist:
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...