Things we're reading today include ...
- Bank fraud accused found dead hours before court appearance
- Finance heavyweights invest in blockchain
- Ex-Merrill banker hails bitcoin potential
- Meet the UK's interest rate setters
- No reason to be afraid of the Federal Reserve putting up interest rates
- Net closes on forex manipulators as banks ready code of conduct
- Meet the Official Tasked With Explaining China's Central Bank
- Monitise in crisis as chief executive jumps ship
- No marketing? No plan? How Handelsbanken hit 200 branches in the UK
- UK seeks EU treaty protection for City
- Government's sprawling financial services empire is out of control, says watchdog
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...