Things we're reading today include ...
- Becoming a digital bank
- Digital bank Monzo becomes Britain’s best-rated lender
- Bank crisis in Italy may spark ‘doom loop’ for UK, warns Bank of England
- UK peer-to-peer lender Zopa gets banking license as it looks to compete with industry giants
- UK banks can survive a disorderly Brexit, says Bank of England
- 'Crazy Rich Asians' flops in China box office debut
- China cracks down on increasingly lavish weddings for being anti-socialist
- Four million British workers live in poverty, charity says
- Beijing ups influence over global financial markets
- Lift ban on payments for surrogates, says Sir James Munby
- Deutsche Bank chief dismisses takeover speculation
- Deutsche Bank — 20 years after the deal that sealed its fate
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...