Things we're reading today include ...
- Full investigation into the dominance of 'big four' UK banks confirmed
- UK banks to face competition inquiry
- Is British banking broken?
- Exclusive: Some senior Merrill brokers leave, BofA executives concerned - sources
- Bank of America third quarter profits slashed by $400m after legal charge
- Commerzbank third-quarter profit triples
- Coins to get new Queen's head
- Standard Chartered is under attack, and our craven politicians do nothing
- ECB publishes Irish bailout letters
- Crowdfunding surges as banks bypassed
- 'Crash for cash' scams are run by mafias, says Aviva
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...