Things we're reading today include ...
- U.S. banks targeted by activist investors on merger wave hopes
- Hackers in China attack 20m accounts on Alibaba's Taobao shopping site
- U.S. House approves limits on investigating banks for fraud ties
- FCA extends accountability regime to HFT
- Bank break-ups: here we go again
- Moody's downgrades Clydesdale Bank's deposit rating
- Goldman's bold appointment is a shake-up for the securities sector
- 'Flash crash' extradition hearing starts
- Barclays agrees to hand over internal documents to Serious Fraud Office
- Credit Suisse crashes to first loss since 2008
- Credit Suisse vows to step up cost cuts
This week's Economist:
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...