£14bn Mastercard class action gets green light from court

Almost every UK adult could get payout if case over alleged overcharging succeeds

Black staff at Lloyds are paid 20% less than their peers, bank reveals

Lender releases data as part of race action plan, and says gap is due to lack of black staff in top roles

With Covid and Brexit ongoing, the economic emergency has only just begun

Move comes after regulators decided lenders were in a good enough position to cope with the Covid outbreak

Ex-diplomat will steer investment bank’s ‘strategic ambitions’ months after quitting Whitehall post

Relocation to Amsterdam will give better access to European markets ‘regardless of Brexit outcome’

Banking group makes decision despite Covid vaccines putting end of restrictions in sight

Analysis: Exasperation as fates and fortunes of large industries reliant on efforts to expand much smaller one

Department store chain’s demise can’t simply be put down to high street crisis and online competition

Thinktank says Brexit represents double threat to UK growth

Portuguese banker to take over at Swiss bank in wake of spying scandal

He failed to save his retail chain but cannot plead poverty when it comes to saving staff pensions

HSBC banker will take over from António Horta-Osório within the next year

Group says major banks stifle competition and exploit both vulnerable and loyal customers

Spanish bank Sabadell commissions review that could lead to third sale of lender in seven years