Things we're reading today include ...
- Mashreq CEO foresees branchless future for UAE bank
- Top French bank chief attacks no-frills rivals for freeloading
- Bank branch closures affecting poorest the most
- Barclays rejigs global investment banking team, seeks new hires
- Lloyds chief says taxpayer to make £500m on bank rescue
- Barclays chief falls victim to email prankster pretending to be bank chairman
- Zopa gets FCA approval as peer-to-peer lender
- Goldman Sachs to revamp dark pool business
- A new sort of hedge fund relies on crowd-sourcing
- The investment- management industry faces a big squeeze
- The EU ponders moving euro clearing from London after Brexit
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...