Things we're reading today include ...
- Bitcoin has ‘pretty much failed’ as a currency, Bank of England Governor Carney says
- HSBC profits more than double to $17.2bn
- Top City regulator used tax break scheme
- Venezuela launches oil cryptocurrency
- MPs publish full unredacted report into RBS small business scandal
- HSBC warns on $1.5bn penalty as Gulliver bows out as chief
- Lloyds to unveil £1bn share buyback in annual results
- Smooth transition from scandal-hit Libor in 2021 'highly unlikely', banks warned
- Axe to fall on hundreds of Deutsche Bank staff ahead of bonus day
- HSBC profits jump to $17.2bn on Asia growth
- Small firms increasingly reluctant to borrow from big banks, report finds
- Latvian central bank boss released on bail
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...