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BoE lifts Covid restrictions on banks’ shareholder payouts

UK banking sector ‘remains resilient’ despite continued uncertainty, say officials

UK mortgage price war hots up with 0.94% fixed-rate deal

Deals offered by HSBC and TSB are available only to borrowers with hefty deposits

Cryptocurrency firm Circle to float in US in $4.5bn merger deal

Operator behind USD Coin will merge with company chaired by former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond

Lloyds fined £90m for letters’ unsupported pledge on insurance

Renewal letters suggested customers were getting ‘competitive price’ without backing up claim

Tax financial transactions to help Covid recovery, G20 told

Economists say Tobin taxes would raise vital funds to help support global poor and tackle climate crisis

Payments firm Wise’s successful float is a relief after Deliveroo flop

Appetite for shares in the profitable money transfer outfit shows the City can bring off a big tech listing

Greensill given access to Covid loans without detailed checks, watchdog reveals

Taxpayer facing potential £335m loss after audit office says government bank carried out limited due diligence on business support loans

Cryptocurrency scam costs online dating user £20,000

Internet cons have surged in the Covid crisis, with some victims left with little recourse to recover cash

BEIS asked for multiple updates on Greensill Covid loan requests, MPs told

Officials’ emails to British Business Bank raise more questions about Greensill’s lobbying in Whitehall

Britons resume borrowing as economy reopens in Covid crisis

Car finance deals and personal loans increase as interest rates fall

Nationwide has signed away my right to use a contactless card

I’ve had a two-year battle to get it to sort a problem with the ‘chip and signature’ system for disabled users

Greensill: watchdog opens investigation into auditors including PwC

Inquiry involves Saffery Champness and PwC’s audit of the Sanjeev Gupta-owned Wyelands Bank

Banks must guarantee access to cash for everyone, says Age UK

Millions of older and vulnerable people cut off from ATMs and banking services, charity finds

Lloyds Banking Group to close 44 more branches

Unions criticise decision to shut 29 Lloyds and 15 Halifax branches, taking closures to 100 this year

Morgan Stanley to bar unvaccinated staff from New York offices

Bank warns staff they have less than three weeks to take both Covid jabs or continue working from home

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  • Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds
  • UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says
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