Things we're reading today include ...
- The new banks you cannot speak to
- You can be identified from just four purchases on your credit card bill, study finds
- Does it matter that an entire generation of bankers has disappeared?
- Banks rigging markets are 'like careless fighter pilots'
- Building societies demand greater freedom for investors
- EU extends sanctions against Russia
- Deutsche Bank unexpectedly delays legal hit
- P2P consumer loans given landmark rating
- Visa reports better-than-expected profit
This week's Economist:
- China’s financial diplomacy: Rich but rash
- European banks: Easing means squeezing
- Reforming the IMF: Getting around Uncle Sam
- Banking in India: Downwardly mobile
- Free exchange: As safe as houses
- Buttonwood: A peg in a poke
- Financial-transaction taxes: Still kicking
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...