Things worth reading: 28th September 2012

Things we're reading today include ...

• PPI mis-selling complaints to FSA soar
• Complaints about banks 'up 59%'
• PPI complaints soar to 2.2 million
• Insurance scandal leads to 20,000 complaints a day to Britain's banks

• RBS to float Direct Line at discount price
• Bitcoin: Monetarists Anonymous

• Ex-Goldman programmer rejects plea deal
• Goldman Sachs settles "pay-to-play" probes

• Ex-Credit Suisse trader faces US extradition
• Credit Suisse trader bailed on £1.8bn fraud charges

• Reforming LIBOR: The $300 trillion question
• Libor – fixing the rate
• Cleaned-up Libor may be secured by criminal penalties

• S&P 500 falls a fifth day as euro-zone tensions escalate
• Financial Policy Committee threatens to force banks into raising more capital
• China’s ETF market accelerates

• The Big Four accounting firms: Shape shifters
• Old tricks cause card fraud rise
• The next crisis: Sponging boomers
• Currency protests: Money talks