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Consumer debt rises while lending falls
Consumer borrowing via credit cards, overdrafts and unsecured personal loans rose to an average of £4,724 per UK adult at the end of October.
Britons plan on using savings for Christmas shopping
With Christmas less than a month away, many Britons have already begun making their present lists. The only difference this year though is that they will be checking it more than twice.
Lloyds rights issue: Q&A
Lloyds Banking Group is asking its 2.8m shareholders, the largest investor base of any UK company, to stump up cash for new shares in the bank’s record £13.5bn rights issue
Lloyds rights issue: should investors buy?
Investors in Lloyds Banking Group are being urged by some stockbrokers to take a “wait and see” approach to its £13.5bn rights issue, after shares in UK banks were hit by fears of exposure to Dubai’s debt problems
Green light for Lloyds fundraising
More than 99 per cent of investors in the bank wave through its plans in spite of voicing frustration and anger with the directors at its general meeting
Q&A: What does the ruling mean for you?
The new Supreme Court has made a surprise ruling in favour of the banks in a long running case on penalty charges.
Lloyds launches £13.5bn rights issue
The partly state-owned bank will launch the UK’s largest rights issue to raise £13.5bn, offering investors new shares at 36p each, a huge discount, ahead of a shareholder vote
UK banks face up to 8m claims
Banks and building societies across the UK could face up to 8m claims on bank charges. The prediction comes ahead of Wednesday’s decision by the Supreme Court on whether bank charges are unfair.
Court case raises fears for free banking
The end of free banking could be nigh, as the industry awaits a ruling this week on overdraft charges that could result in pay-outs of hundreds of millions to customers
Charitable minnows muscle in on foundations
Wealthy investors are increasingly setting up their own philanthropic foundations with relatively small amounts of cash, as private banks and advisers cotton on to the growing demand for charitable giving
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