Things we're reading today include ...
- Global bitcoin price pump planned to celebrate El Salvador adopting crypto as currency
- Bitcoin: Protests and confusion in El Salvador as country prepares to make cryptocurrency legal tender
- Big European banks book an extra €20B a year thanks to tax havens
- Europe’s top 25 banks failing on green pledges, campaigners warn
- Understanding open banking and why it should be considered
- Is Huw Pill, the Bank of England’s new chief economist, an “outrageously bad appointment”?
- StanChart strikes deal to launch Singapore digital-only bank
- Lloyds Bank turns bank statements into works of art
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...