Things we're reading today include ...
- Alternative to London is no financial centre in Europe, warns City envoy
- Visa and PayPal Extend Partnership to Europe
- Credit and debit card surcharges to be banned
- Tech start-ups raise $1.3bn this year from initial coin offerings
- Swedish challenger Handelsbanken posts record profits
- New plastic £10 note featuring Jane Austen unveiled
- Goldman Sachs dealt a blow by bond trading slide
- Was money a preoccupation for Jane Austen?
- Prosecutor offers to drop Deutsche Börse CEO insider trading probe
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...