Things we're reading today include ...
- Bank of England launches wide-ranging review of London's markets
- March of the regulators will destroy banking innovation
- Life after Libor: bankers to face personal fines for rigging prices
- Qatar to buy HSBC’s global HQ for £1.1bn
- Standard Chartered profit falls 16%
- German ex-banker guilty of bribery
- ECB stress test raises doubts about Lloyds divi
- Britain's banks have passed the European tests but there is more stress to come
- ECB stress tests vastly understate risk of deflation and leverage
- Under full capital rules, 36 EU banks would have failed test
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...