Things we're reading today include ...
- U.K. to start work on 'Britcoin' in preparation for cryptocurrency dominated world | Morningstar
- Bank of England lays out how Britons can ‘pay the electrician’ using cashless digital pounds (gbnews.com)
- Bruised by stock market, Chinese rush into banned bitcoin | Reuters
- UK neobanks need to show sterling qualities, not just fintech growth (ft.com)
- Swedish central bank files police report after IT firm hit by ransomware attack (finextra.com)
- Bank customers may ‘end up regretting their decision’ to switch current account despite high interest rates (gbnews.com)
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...