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Europe’s plans to restore confidence in the banking system

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I’ve spent the last two days locked in a conference centre in Nice at a key meeting of finance ministers, politicians, policymakers, bankers, insurers and exchanges. You can tell the type of meeting by the number of lashes each person has received by the tongues of their counterparties. Wonderful to watch and be a part of, and there’s far too many things to report so I’m going to cheat and just refer you to Google instead if you want to know more.

For my own part, I’ve learned a little bit and had some good networking and could report all the speakers and comments, but only have time to share the most educational bit of the two days, which came from Kerstin af Jochnick, Chair of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS). This is because she referenced lots of nice documents which I’ve linked to in her words.

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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...