Things we're reading today include ...
- Tesco ATM promises 'free erections'
- Lloyds to axe 9,000 jobs as it confirms plans to shut 150 bank branches
- Lloyds to axe 200 branches as ‘last in town’ pledge expires
- Lloyds Bank closures: Branch transactions to halve within three years
- Deutsche Bank swings to €92m loss
- Deutsche Bank reshuffles board to sharpen legal focus
- UBS misses profit estimate for third quarter on legal costs
- UBS sets aside over £1bn for legal charges
- Chris Blackhurst: Pride comes before a fall, as Standard Chartered and its boss, Peter Sands, find out
- Shares in the world’s oldest bank Monte dei Paschi were suspended
- Apple CEO fires back as retailers block Pay
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...