Things we're reading today include ...
- Ukraine leader urges calm after PrivatBank is nationalised
- Lloyds Bank buys MBNA credit card firm for £1.9bn
- Barclays braced to cut up to 7,000 trading customers
- Christine Lagarde: IMF chief convicted over payout
- Fed approves rule requiring banks to publicly disclose liquid assets
- Italy seeks 20bn euros for banks as Monte dei Paschi flounders
- Exclusive: U.S. proposed $5 billion - 7 billion penalty on Credit Suisse on toxic debt - source
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...