Things we're reading today include ...
- World Bank: 'extreme poverty' to fall below 10% of world population for first time
- Lloyds public share sale worth £2 billion planned for spring
- British banks beat 25% target for women directors – but still lag behind EU rivals
- Taxpayer risks making a loss on discounted retail sale of Lloyds shares
- The two men taking on the banks
- China bad bank IPO set to test HK markets
- How to invest like... The pair who called the Wall Street Crash
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...