Things we're reading today include ...
- 200-year-old bank note stolen from a museum in the 1980s is sent back to bemused staff in an envelope covered with Caribbean stamps
- How to start your own bank
- Survey finds rise in 'bank of mum and dad' lending
- £11bn Standard Life and Aberdeen merger driven by weakness, analysts warn
- Deutsche Bank tests investor patience with $8.5 billion cash call
- 'Super equivalence’ needs new international regulator, says City
- Bank staff trained to spot cash scams as they take place
- Ireland: The forgotten frontier of Brexit
- Deutsche Boerse blames Britain for failed LSE tie-up: chairman in paper
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...