Things we're reading today include:
- Wealth of top 1% 'equal to other 99%'
- HSBC prods customers to spend less and save more
- Banking Standards Board yet to outline any banking standards
- JPMorgan shuffles senior ranks at European investment bank
- Italian bank shares plunge, sparking ban on short-selling
- Owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks forced to cut float price
- Ingenico targets mobile payments growth
- Liquidnet Europe trading hits record
- France in 'state of economic emergency'
- Davos 2016: eight key themes for the World Economic Forum
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...