Banking
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Disclosure by the 80% taxpayer-owned bank shows the 10 received £1.9m of these allowances for the last four months of 2014
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Trio will likely stand trial alongside two other former brokers who pleaded not guilty to similar charges last year
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2014 forecast cut to 0.8% from the 0.9% predicted three months ago as bank says it will reassess policy measures next year
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Bank looking for alternative ways to hand bonuses to Niall Booker and other executives after vote on long-term incentive plan shelved
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Star fund manager is among investors in new service which aims to launch without branches in second half of 2015
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Plans to permit a range of businesses to operate as payment banks could revitalise the mobile money industry
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Islamic finance is widely misunderstood but its core principles could provide a blueprint for a sustainable global economy
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PMI, a good indicator of growth, sinks to 51.1 from October’s 52.1 leading to warnings of renewed contraction in new year
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Tracey McDermott says individuals and firms in the banking sector should consider the impact of their work on society
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Bank customers lost £24m last year after being targeted by cold callers pretending to be police officers or bank staff
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The Co-op reported a loss of £76m for the first six months of 2014 and had to raise £1.9bn of capital in the last 18 months
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Questions over whether Labour’s plans would have suffered from eurozone crisis and oil prices in same way – but Alastair Darling also expected private investment return
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Andrew Tyrie attacks bank for response to plans that could see managers jailed for up to seven years over reckless misconduct
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Bank to let customers talk to adviser on phones or computers at all hours but critics fear move will herald further branch closures
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Standard & Poor’s says bank is going through times but it still among world’s most creditworthy commercial lenders
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Robert Jenkins: Despite scandal after scandal in the financial sector, the absence of personal accountability persists
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Tchenguiz claims Grant Thornton manipulated the SFO into investigating the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing
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Ally turned critic of Russian president is believed to be London and is accused of siphoning money from bank for personal use
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The Greek government is keen to trumpet the country’s improved economic outlook, as the country exits recession for the first time in six years. But is any improvement being felt by people on the ground?
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Simon Jenkins: Juncker’s new fund will do little to head off Europe’s lost decade, as Friedman and Keynes would agree
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Bob Diamond, who set up Atlas Merchant Capital to invest in financial firms, sees opportunities as banks shrink
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Investors should support change and Banking Standards Review Council should report to Treasury, says thinktank
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Report calls for new charter of rights for people with learning disabilities after Winterbourne View scandal
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New mortgage approvals hit a 17-month low amid high prices, uncertainty ahead of election and interest rates rising
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Arlette Ricci accused of hiding money from France’s tax authorities in test case related to the HSBC tax-avoidance scandal
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Move suggests authorities are closer to filing criminal charges in long-running investigation into whether banks have been colluding to move currency rates
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Guardian Australia: Environmental groups accuse government of leaning on banks to back mines despite being signatories to Equator Principles
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Evidence given by the head of the group, Derek Sach, and Chris Sullivan, the deputy chief executive, now being re-examined
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Libyan sovereign wealth fund, which is suing Goldman, estimates the US investment bank made $350m in upfront profit on nine derivatives products
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Polish ambassador says David Cameron’s welfare proposals are unlikely to win backing from EU leaders
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2014’s running total of fines by the City regulator boosted by the £1.1bn levied on banks for manipulating foreign exchange markets
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Governments are not flush enough to contemplate a second wave of bailouts, which leaves the problem of too ‘big to fail’ unsolved, writes Larry Elliott
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My money didn’t materialise but my Nationwide account was debited
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The big issue: Banks and big businesses still put the profit motive before the wellbeing of consumers
Topics
- Financial sector
- Europe
- Banking reform
- European Union
- Banks and building societies
- Economics
- European banks
- European monetary union
- Bank of England
- Euro
- Eurozone crisis
- HSBC
- Financial crisis
- Libor
- Regulators
- Executive pay and bonuses
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Interest rates
- Barclays
- European Central Bank
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