Things we're reading today include:
- The Bank of England had one job. It has failed spectacularly
- Santander compensates customers after forcing them to use mobile phones
- Switzerland's secretive banks hold up to £162 billion of Russian wealth in offshore accounts, industry estimates
- Putin arrests own military chief and bank boss quits as inner circle crumbles
- Dogecoin price could tank as India’s central bank closes the doors to cryptos
- Britain's vanishing High Street banks from 20,528 branches in 1988 to 8,810 today
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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...