£1bn of fraudulent Covid scheme loans for businesses blocked

Twenty lenders have rejected total of 26,933 applications for bounce-back loans since May

Sainsbury’s among five UK companies announcing job losses totalling 7,200

John Lewis, Clarks, Lloyds Banking Group and Do & Co add to grim UK employment picture

Lloyds to cut a further 1,070 jobs despite £1bn third-quarter profits

Bank urged to put restructuring plans on hold because of Covid second wave

Cash withdrawals surge in run-up to England lockdown

Total of £412m taken out of cash machines within two days of PM announcing new Covid rules

UK Treasury extends emergency business loan scheme

Companies can request to ‘top up’ their borrowing from next week

‘Nightmare’ of businesswoman accused of mortgage fraud

Santander accused a designer of supplying forged documents – but refused to explain its actions

NatWest warns of challenging times ahead despite return to profit

Group puts aside another £254m for potential surge in defaults linked to Covid crisis

Lloyds cashes in on UK mortgage boom as profits rise

Lending rose £3.5bn in Q3 after bank processes highest number of applications since 2008

The world’s banks must start to value nature and stop paying for its destruction

As a new report spells out how financial institutions contribute to biodiversity loss, the clamour is growing for a new approach

How can John Lewis wipe out three years of my extended guarantee?

The £100 extra was sold as ‘Added Care’ but when I came to claim, I couldn’t

Banks lent $2.6tn linked to ecosystem and wildlife destruction in 2019 – report

Lack of policies regulating impact on natural world means finance industry effectively bankrolling biodiversity loss, analysis finds

Despite weathering Covid, HSBC shouldn’t be paying dividends now

With a big presence in Asia, where economies haven’t been hit as hard, the bank is feeling optimistic

HSBC could be first big UK bank to charge for current accounts

Lender to accelerate restructuring as it tries to make up for record low interest rates

Neither Eurostar nor insurers will refund me for cancelled trip

My journey was cancelled due to Covid restrictions but Lloyds bank and Axa won’t pay up

Would you trust your teenager with an online bank account?

As we move away from hard cash, the competition is on to persuade children to manage their spending through cards and apps. But what does that mean for them and their parents? asks Shane Hickey