Things worth reading: 4th March 2016

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