Things we're reading today include ...
- HSBC severs links with Bitcoin firm
- 'No surprise' if Co-op Bank fails test
- James Moore: Through thick and thin, Co-op Bank still has friends
- Goldman offers clients Uber service
- FBI warns of destructive malware
- Sony Pictures hack: top films including Annie and Fury are leaked, as Sony probes North Korea link
- Banks' $650bn bet on oil backfires as Brent prices slump
- Satyajit Das: With rates at or near zero, central banks are having a hard time firing up their economies
- Global banks return to profit, but Europe lags: study
- Eurozone banks' corporate lending faces nine-year stagnation
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...