Another 48 Lloyds and Halifax bank branches to close

Union condemns move by banking group, which announced multibillion-pound profits in July

Credit Suisse fined £350m over Mozambique ‘tuna bonds’ loan scandal

Bank also pleads guilty to wire fraud and forgives hundred of millions of dollars of debt owed by country

Sunak to cut tax on banks to keep City competitive, say reports

Chancellor said to be planning to slash corporation tax surcharge from 8% to 3% from April 2023

Jellied eel canapés and venison: No 10 hosts biggest names in business

Boris Johnson dines with Bill Gates, David Solomon and more to kick off global investment summit

Sex discrimination: why banks shun workers in adult entertainment

Businesses and individuals have been frozen out of accounts with little explanation despite acting perfectly lawfully

Azor review – eerie conspiracy thriller about the complacency of the super-rich

Andreas Fontana’s debut feature is an unnervingly subtle drama about a Swiss private banker visiting clients in Argentina during the period of the military junta and ‘disappearances’

Philip Hammond adds cryptocurrency role to post-Treasury jobs list

Former chancellor joins Copper.co as adviser weeks after being criticised by Westminster lobbying watchdog

NatWest faces £340m fine after admitting ‘money-laundering’ failings

Bank pleads guilty to failing to properly monitor £365m deposited into account of Bradford jeweller

Banks given new borrowing rule as Australian house prices soar

Regulator Apra tells lenders to ensure new mortgagees can cope with three percentage point rise in interest rates

Scamdemic: readers’ £1m losses highlight scale of the UK’s fraud crisis

Victims’ stories show that despite banks’ safeguards, transfers seem too easy and refunds hit and miss

Chair of UK open banking body resigns over bullying report

CMA investigation into claims of sexist and racist behaviour concludes OBIE allowed ‘a culture of intimidation’

Virgin Money to close 31 branches across Scotland and north of England

Move to cut one in five outlets means bank has more than halved number of branches since 2018

Scam ‘epidemic’: Big tech firms must join fight, says Nationwide chief

Building society launches pre-payment hotline after bank-transfer scams rise sharply during pandemic

‘We’ve signed Ronaldo’: could other banks follow Goldman Sachs to Birmingham?

As the bank hires nearly 100 staff in the city, the region’s mayor hopes to attract more big firms

UK care homes face funding crisis as banks refuse loans

Providers say lenders have ‘no appetite’ for industry battered by Covid and staff crisis