Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is to meet with Icelandic investigators in London next month as Reykjavik seeks international help to discover whether criminal wrongdoing played a role in bringing down Iceland’s banking sector.

Richard Alderman, director of the SFO, will hold talks with Eva Joly, the French anti-corruption expert recruited to assist the Icelandic investigation, in the wake of fresh revelations about questionable lending practices at Icelandic banks.