Things we’re reading today include …
- Google offices raided in Paris as prosecutors announce fraud probe
- Government considers seven-day switching service for mortgages
- Challenger banks accuse watchdog of naivety over big four dominance
- Clydesdale Bank targets young, cool customers, as Nationwide goes for the old and rich
- Market place lending: peer to peer pressure
- British ‘bad bank’ UKAR shakes up top team as it pares down mortgage book
- Banks dump small businesses, charities and fintech firms to save on red tape costs
- Hold on a moment: the European corpse may be rising from the slab
- FCA warns UK banks on using money laundering rules to close accounts
- Bank of England governor rejects accusations of bias over EU referendum
- NY lawmaker warns on U.S. financial security after SWIFT attacks
- Lawsuit accusing 16 big banks of Libor manipulation reinstated by US court