Time over for banker remorse? Labour must beware relying on the City for economic growth
Financial crisis of 2008 should not be forgotten as reinflation of banking industry could hurt other priority sectors
NatWest investors given £1.5bn weeks after full privatisation
Profits rise 4.4% at lender, which plans to distribute interim dividend of 9.5p a share on top of fresh £750m buyback
Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal
Exclusive: Chancellor could step in if justices uphold entirety of ruling over commission paid to brokers
The Guardian view on global inequality: the rising tide that leaves most boats behind
Editorial: The world’s assets are piling up in the hands of the few as growth is built on widening gaps. That’s not just unfair – it’s economically unsustainable
European Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged despite trade war uncertainty – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as policy rate left at 2%
Lloyds boss warns Reeves against hiking taxes on banks as profits rise 17%
Charlie Nunn says higher taxation would be inconsistent with chancellor’s drive for growth
City traders’ Libor prosecutions always had a whiff of scapegoating
Case of Tom Hayes and others prompt questions about the Serious Fraud Office and the criminal appeal system
City trader Tom Hayes’s conviction for Libor rigging is overturned
Supreme court also quashes conviction of banker Carlo Palombo over incorrect directions given to jury
BoE governor warns Reeves weakening banking rules risks repeat of 2008 crisis
Radical shake-up to unleash risk-taking in the name of growth would be a mistake, says Andrew Bailey
Anger over Santander charging for business accounts it said would be ‘free for ever’
Exclusive: Thousands of small business owners face charges of £9.99 a month from October despite previous written guarantee
The Guardian view on Reeves’s trickle-down economics: deregulation dressed as economic renewal
Editorial: The ‘Leeds reforms’ revive a finance-first growth model – repackaging a failed economics as strategy, while sidelining real investment and wages
Rachel Reeves warned by City grandees not to weaken banking safeguards
Chancellor’s plan to slash red tape could raise financial risks and do little to help households, say architects of UK’s post-2008 reforms
Co-op boss admits all 6.5m members had data stolen in cyber-attack
CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq says hackers stole contact details of all members but not financial data such as card numbers
Barclays fined £42m over poor handling of financial crime risk
FCA fines bank for failures relating to money-laundering risk linked to two businesses
As Optus Sport closes, subscription refunds are on their way – by cheque
Optus says cheque refunds are not standard practice but are implemented ‘where electronic banking is unavailable’