Things we're reading today include ...
- Millions left without money as RBS systems crash
- King challenges Osborne to break up RBS for the sake of the economy
- Good bank, bad bank: split RBS or it'll never sell, warns Mervyn King
- Royal Bank of Scotland should be broken up, says Mervyn King
- Sir Mervyn King: there is a case for breaking up RBS
- Payday lenders have 12 weeks to clean up act or face being shut down, says Office of Fair Trading
- Payday lenders given 12 weeks to shape up
- Payday lenders: Facts and figures
- How the Bank Governor found time to ease van man's frustration over loan refusal
- Spokesman for Italian bank Monte Paschi di Siena found dead
- Watchdog knew banks were fixing Libor for three years
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...