Things we're reading today include ...
- China's debt levels pose stability risk, says IMF
- Mifid II impact on investment banking ‘exaggerated’
- Bitcoin to start futures trading, stoking Wild West worries
- UK banks have 2m customers stuck in permanent overdraft
- 'Dear Mark Carney... capitalism stinks': Bank complaint letters revealed
- The Queen’s bankers dismiss bitcoin as pure speculation as it smashes through $14,000
- Payday lender Curo to launch in New York with $620m valuation
- Australian stock exchange to move to blockchain
- HSBC has 3-year head start on foreign investment banking rivals in China: Gulliver
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...