Things we're reading today include ...
Serious Fraud Office probes the Bank of England ...
- The shadow of criminality falls over Threadneedle Street
- Fraud office probes Bank auctions
- How banks may have rigged the Bank of England scheme built to keep them alive
- Banks borrowed up to £180bn from BoE under auctions probed by SFO
General news ...
- Virgin Money profits more than double
- Virgin Money's profits double as it sells more mortgages
- Mortgage rates 'unlikely to fall much further' - Virgin Money
- LSE chief: let the people share in the floats of tomorrow's stars
- George Osborne: I regret not overhauling RBS
- Banker lost job 'after risk fears'
- London at risk of missing out as super-rich multiply
- Quantitative easing imminent as ECB boss Mario Draghi fires €1.1trn starting gun
- ECB raises eurozone growth forecast
- Banks brace for U.S. Fed capital buffers inspection
- US banks pass first 'stress test'
- U.S. banks pass Fed capital test, trading books hurt
- BofA's $8.5 billion mortgage bond settlement wins approval
- Wolf of Wall Street brokers have not been banned from trading despite warnings
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...
