Things we're reading today include ...
- Lloyds looks to pay first dividend since 2008 bail-out
- Looming Bank Rules Haunt Insurers
- Banks' bonuses paid out since the start of the crisis likely to break £100bn barrier as bosses are in line for £5bn windfall
- Rothschild investment bank 'may pay staff bonuses early this year to avoid windfall tax if Labour win election'
- History weighs on banking collusion probe
- Fears UK bank rules will deter top talent
- Exclusive: Local bankers emerge as Fed ally in fight against audit bill
- Bank of America chips away at brokerage industry truce
- Barings: the collapse that erased 232 years of history
- Ten days that shook the euro; how Greece came to the brink
- Investigations by FCA up 20% in a year
- Europe’s alternative finance market surges
- HSBC boss drawn into tax furore
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...