Barclaycard buoyed by August bank holiday spending surge Card payment firm reports more transactions at weekend than on any day since Christmas Eve 2019
Watchdog warns UK banks of Afghanistan financial crime risks FCA reminds financial firms to guard against money-laundering amid fears of rise in terrorist activity
Business confidence in UK at four-year high but staff shortages a concern Greater optimism among companies in August about post-Covid recovery, says Lloyds
Student banking: choose an account that works for you You can get all kinds of perks, from freebies to 0% overdrafts – here’s what’s on offer this year
Extinction Rebellion targets City of London in ‘blood money’ protest Activists tour financial institutions to highlight firms they believe to be culpable in climate crisis
Mosquito State review – a torrid, original tone poem to late capitalism Swarms of bloodsucking insects mirror the volatility of the markets in this thrilling drama of financial crisis
Extinction Rebellion blocks junction in London’s West End in latest protest Activists earlier blocked Whitehall in demonstration against HMRC and Barclays over funding of fossil fuel industries
EasyJet appoints former RBS boss Stephen Hester as chair Executive to succeed John Barton as chair of budget airline on 1 December
The Guardian view on high pay: the fat cats are still there Editorial: Vast disparities in income may have lost some of their power to shock. But they remain a gross injustice
‘Taper tantrum’ by stock markets points to gaps in the easy recovery story Cheap money, the Delta variant and China’s sluggish performance add up to tough times ahead
Lloyds plans big move into UK rental market with 50,000 homes Banking group joins other high street names seeking a fresh income at a time of record low interest rates
Nationwide to pay £125 to existing members who switch current account Existing customers to receive larger reward than new ones, in move that follows HSBC and Virgin Money
Want to get your finances under control? There’s an app for that Your smartphone is the gateway to a host of budgeting apps to track spending, saving and investing
Flutter’s punt on US gambling business FanDuel has played out in spades The FTSE 100 company’s share of the US online sportsbook market in the last quarter was an astonishing 45%, which equates to 2.2m people
What is going on at the Co-op Bank’s call centres? I’m trying to pay someone £40 using telephone banking but I can’t get through to anyone