Things we're reading today include ...
- Is your account safe?
- Banks issue new sort codes in ringfencing of high street operations
- China's bank regulator lets crackdown deadline slip over stability worries
- Australian bank: Buggy software made us miss money laundering scam
- Consumer spending suffers longest decline in four years, raising hopes interest rates will be held
- Deutsche Bank tumbles down private bank rankings after tough 2016
Today's Financial Times:
- UK’s challenger banks face fresh headwinds
- Bankers’ pay closely tied to deregulation
- UK’s peer-to-peer lenders to be asked to reveal past defaults
- Death of retirement: Can the UK afford the state pension?
- US haul from credit crisis bank fines hits $150bn
- The ‘haves and have-mores’ in digital America
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...