BlackRock to advise EU on environmental rules for banks Campaigners raise concerns over investor’s financial interests in fossil fuel companies
Covid-19 pay freezes on UK loans and credit cards start today FCA rules designed to give consumers ‘breathing space’ will be extended next week
David Mortimer obituary Other lives: Manager with the Midland Bank who in retirement embraced new opportunities for study and volunteer work
Fears of crisis in UK car finance market as owners seek payments help As car sales plunge by almost half lenders offer repayment breaks or waive interest to halt ‘handbacks’
Cancelling student debt was always the right thing to do. Now it’s imperative With a global pandemic and economic depression looming, we can’t settle for half-measures. Cancel all student debt
Coronavirus means a bad recession – at least – says JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon singles out US structural problems, and warns inadequacy of emergency planning will be laid bare
L&G to pay £750m dividend despite Bank of England warning Regulator asked insurers to consider cancelling payouts amid looming recession
PlayStation and Moonpig’s UK sales soar amid virus crisis Data from online bank Revolut shows convenience stores boom and decline in cash use
130K inquiries, 1K loans: why UK government had to tweak help for small firms Original coronavirus scheme was fiddly, slow and rested too heavily on banks’ judgment
Schroders is right to warn on executive pay. Now it can lead by example As staff are laid off in the coronavirus crisis, the fund manager says bosses cannot carry on as normal
Banks paid millions in bonuses weeks before ban on cash rewards Majority of payouts already in executives’ accounts before UK dividend axe, say sources
The Treasury should be wary of giving a bailout to Virgin Atlantic Airline’s owners need to dig deep into their own pockets before the state steps in to help
Barclays not liable for alleged sexual assaults during medicals, court rules More than 100 patients have claimed they were assaulted by doctor between 1968 and 1984
Almost a fifth of small businesses ‘at risk of collapse within month’ Study suggests some SMEs will struggle to secure government cash in coronavirus lockdown
UK banks agree to scrap £8bn dividends amid recession fears Lenders asked to scrap cash bonuses for 2020 in order to help ease the impact of financial turbulence