Things we're reading today include ...
- 'I want Britain to be the best place for global bank HQs' - George Osborne's Mansion House speech in full
- The Bank of England hopes these rules will stop another Libor scandal
- Has HSBC already decided to leave the UK?
- Punishing banks will not make bankers behave better
- New Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters says bank must bolster finances
- Deutsche Bank exec Robert Ebert arrested in Hong Kong after Ferrari crash leaves security guard dead
- Citigroup's FX deals might have made only $1 million but cost $2.5 billion
- Bank branch closures accelerate with 399 confirmed already in 2015
- Mark Carney tells City of London: 'The age of irresponsibility is over'
- British exit from EU could jeopardise London’s position as major financial centre, says leading US boss
- Three charts that show Iceland's economy recovered after it imprisoned bankers and let banks go bust - instead of bailing them out
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...