Things we're reading today include ...
- Barclays sells £2.2bn stake in African business
- Lloyds bulks up in credit card market with £1.9bn takeover
- EU regulator fines Moody’s €1.24m for breaching credit rating rules
- Bank of England faces strike as workers vote on 'contemptuous' 1pc pay offer
- Peer-to-peer lender Zopa moves towards bank launch after raising £32m
This week's Economist:
- America’s community banks hope for lighter regulation
- Global monetary policy is not tightening as expected
- Eastern Bank: a 199-year-old lender becomes a tech pioneer
- Sweden’s economy is thriving, so why is monetary policy so loose?
- The race to become Islamic banking’s fintech hub
- The super-rich are different: they pay less tax
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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...
