Things we're reading today include ...
- Metro Bank Plots London Float 'Within Weeks'
- The Bank of Japan Lays an Egg
- Treasury hires RBS and Barclays to run state bank accounts
- Challenger bank boss says smaller UK lenders would be better off outside of the EU
- Portugal plugs 2.2 billion euro Banif hole, offloads bank to Santander
- Bank of Italy's governor says temper EU bank rescue rules
- HSBC hires Rothschild for private bank revamp
- City regulator criticised after RBS investigation is pushed back
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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...