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  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
    Why banks should not bear all the burden of Britain’s scam culture 

    The cost of soaring online fraud should be shared by other companies

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Hong Kong
    HSBC CEO expresses regret to Hong Kong activist over frozen bank accounts

    Noel Quinn told former lawmaker Ted Hui bank was following police instruction

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Standard Chartered PLC
    StanChart investment banking head emerges as frontrunner in CEO succession

    Simon Cooper becomes internal ‘heir apparent’ to Bill Winters at emerging-markets lender

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC targeted by shareholders over fossil fuel financing

    Investors file resolution demanding bank publishes strategy and targets

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Ana Botin
    Banking regulation needs a reset

    Rules should be amended to remove Big Tech’s advantages and promote green finance

  • Saturday, 2 January, 2021
    Climate change
    UK banks to launch wave of green products

    Britain’s biggest lenders under fire for slow response to global warming

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    News in-depthEuropean banks
    European banks struggle to crack US retail market

    Lenders squeezed out as American rivals double down on domestic operations

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Virgin Active Ltd
    Virgin Active warns of going concern doubts on UK business

    Arm of South African-owned group says it is trying to raise funds to survive lockdowns

  • Sunday, 27 December, 2020
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    How can I stop my bank from freezing my accounts?

    I haven’t been able to get hold of my bank for two weeks.

  • Promoted Content
  • Saturday, 26 December, 2020
    European banks
    Europe’s banks fear investor flight after dividend bans

    Lenders are verging on uninvestable, making it harder to raise capital in the future

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Metro Bank
    Metro Bank shares soar following mortgages sale

    Deal to offload fifth of its loan book removes need for potentially crippling debt issuance

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Co-operative Bank
    Co-op Bank calls off sale talks with Cerberus

    UK lender has been subject of M&A speculation during recent struggles

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    The Big Read
    ‘A giant bonfire of taxpayers’ money’: fraud and the UK pandemic loan scheme

    The bounce back plan offered a lifeline to struggling companies. But more than half the £43bn lent so far could be lost

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Digital banks win UK-EU expats’ accounts

    Customers hit by Brexit-linked bans scramble to make new arrangements

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    LexBank bonuses
    Banker bonuses: checks, your privilege Premium

    Deal doers are likely to receive rewards proportionately lower than their contribution to profitability

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Lloyds Banking Group PLC
    Lloyds cancels staff bonuses after profits fall

    UK bank tells employees it failed to meet criteria for payouts in 2020

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Barclays PLC
    Barclays retail bank chairman Ian Cheshire steps down

    UK lender appoints board member Crawford Gillies as successor to oversee coronavirus-related revamp

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    European banks
    ECB issues tough conditions for resumption of bank dividends

    Regulator recommends limits of 15% of past two years of profits and 0.2% of common equity tier one capital ratio

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Barclays PLC
    Barclays fined £26m over treatment of borrowers in arrears

    Bank did not have ‘appropriate conversations’ with customers who were in financial difficulty, says regulator

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    National Westminster Bank PLC
    NatWest brings back 90% mortgages as buyer demand soars

    UK banks and building societies more confident over riskier lending as fears over house prices ease

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK ministers plan new state-backed loan scheme for SMEs

    Up to £10m to be offered next year with government guarantee to replace Covid support

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    EU financial regulation
    Eurozone banks set to restart dividend payments under strict limits

    Regulators expected to announce conditions tighter than those outlined by Bank of England

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    FT SeriesFuture of the City 
    Future of the City: Where did all the jobs go?

    The predicted flood of bankers fleeing Brexit Britain for the EU has so far proved to be more of a trickle

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Brexit
    Brexit poses threat of ‘market volatility and disruption’, BoE warns

    UK central bank’s financial stability report says EU-based investors face risk to transactions

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Regulator allows UK banks to restart dividends

    PRA sets out guidelines for how much lenders can pay out after curbs imposed in early stages of pandemic

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