Things we're reading today include ...
- Mastercard Plots £1bn Vocalink Takeover Bid
- UBS France probed over tax witness
- Taxpayers 'unaware' of key tax changes
- LSE says German merger 'compelling'
- Barclays’ ‘nightmare scenario’
- Regulators accuse ANZ of rate-fixing
- Getting the most from a bank account
- China takes aim at banks’ bad debt burden
- Fiery crash kills billionaire oil executive day after Justice Department charges
- Should you P2P your Isa?
- RBC targets market share gains in U.S. investment banking
This week's Economist:
- Capital in fetters
- Red ink rising
- Living off the people
- The new mediocre
- Cash talk
- The well runs dry
- UK's record low interest rates to continue in 2016
- Toe in the water
- Rotten advice
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...