Things we're reading today include ...
- Fury as FCA is accused of wimping out of tough new regulations on payday loans
- City watchdogs will cost £128m more than FSA
- Monitise to raise £100m as part of revamp
- BNP Paribas to set up standalone clearing unit
- RBS 'in talks' to sell Citizens to Japanese bank
- Lord King denies warning of political interference in Lloyds bids
- SEC probes banks and companies in loan securities dealings: WSJ
- Lloyds caught in new PPI storm: Taxpayer-backed bank saved tens of millions of pounds by wrongly cutting compensation to customers
- EU's plans for growth to bring shadow banking in from the cold
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...