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We’ll hire 100 black interns a year, say UK fund managers

City firms sign up to #100BlackInterns to tackle underrepresentation

Salary advance schemes: lockdown lifesavers or a trap into debt?

The FCA raises the red flag over these ‘wellbeing packages’ that allow employees to take part of their earnings before payday

European banks urged to stop funding oil trade in Amazon

Indigenous people in headwaters region say financing harms communities and ecosystems

Spelling out the problems as banks’ name-checker rejects vital payments

The confirmation of payee scheme is designed to beat scammers, but causes its own difficulties

UK banks treating transfer scam victims unfairly, says Which?

Consumer association says few people compensated and voluntary code should be mandatory

UK consumer lending will plummet during 2020, say forecasts

Personal loans and credit card debt expected to fall 16% as lending to businesses surges

Travelex falls into administration, with loss of 1,300 jobs

PwC says foreign exchange firm was ‘acutely impacted’ by Covid and recent cyber-attack

Watchdog warns UK high-cost lenders about exploitation

Financial Conduct Authority demands improved practices as companies restart lending

Metro Bank office staff can work from home until after flu season

CEO creates debt-handling teams to deal with defaults linked to Covid-19 crisis

BP’s dividend cut puts firm on road to deliver green energy pledge

Lockdown has hammered oil prices but it also offers a chance to refocus on clean energy

HSBC is biggest loser in never-ending US-China global power play

Europe’s biggest bank is being buffeted by the pandemic and crossfire between Beijing and Washington

HSBC accelerates 35,000 job cuts amid Covid-19 profit plunge

Bank also forced to put aside another £2.9bn to cover bad debt in coronavirus crisis

UK savings rates are at a record low amid Covid-19 – it’s time to shop around

You do not have to settle for pitiful rates as there are some good deals out there

Catharine French obituary

Other Lives: Banker who pioneered award-winning campaigns on financial literacy

Yes, the tech giants are big – in truth, probably too big to break up

Despite Congress’s threats, no politician or president will want to panic fragile stock markets with antitrust action

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  • US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2023
  • ‘Inflation is too high and has been for too long,’ says Kevin Warsh as Fed announces rate hikes – as it happened
  • ‘Made in Europe’ law threatens UK plans for reset with EU
  • Fossil fuel advertising contracts at all-time high in 2026
  • Don’t back down on pledge to put water firms under public control, Burnham told
  • Amazon raises starting pay to $20 an hour and adds Whole Foods discount
  • Former French culture minister goes on trial over corruption charges
  • Burnham warns of ‘difficult decisions’ in budget as inflation rises to 3.1%
  • In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty
  • UK rents accelerate as London house prices fall, and inflation rises to 3.1% – as it happened
  • Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears
  • Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’
  • Mirror publisher to cut 220 editorial jobs as readers turn to AI summaries
  • Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition
  • Sunderland gets its Kicks: Nissan to invest £170m to build new hybrid SUV
  • Ladbrokes owner prepares to cut 400 jobs weeks after profit boost
  • Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
  • McLaren to build SUVs geared towards Formula One fans with children
  • Barclaycard sent me a bill for someone else’s account
  • Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says
  • Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
  • US treasury secretary hails government’s bond buyback a success
  • Carney says Canada will pursue ‘unique security and economic alliance’ with EU amid US trade spat
  • John Healey in talks with Canada about UK joining new global defence bank
  • The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s £120bn bill: power without accountability
  • 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
  • Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – as it happened

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