Budget 2020: chancellor plans to finally end tampon tax

The 5% rate on sanitary products will end. Rishi Sunak also plans to ensure banks keep circulating cash

JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon has emergency heart surgery

The 63-year-old’s two deputies will take over his duties at US bank while he recuperates

Concerns raised over new Bank of England governor’s time at FCA

MPs on the Treasury select committee raised concerns over Andrew Bailey’s time at the financial regulator

Bank of England drafts action plan to head off coronavirus recession

Economists warn UK on cusp of recession as Bank governor talks with Treasury over ‘powerful and timely’ response

HSBC evacuates floor of Canary Wharf after coronavirus test

Employee’s diagnosis prompts deep clean as firms outline contingency plans for staff to work at home

Metro Bank parts company with risk officer a fortnight after he joined ailing lender

Grahame McGirr out just days before his formal takeover of role

More than 1,000 Barclays jobs hit by staff shake-up

Processing centre in Leeds will close but some staff could work from home or at another site

Wall Street slides after Federal Reserve makes emergency US rate cut – as it happened

In an emergency move, the US central bank has cut borrowing costs by 50 basis points and warns that the coronavirus “poses evolving risks to economic activity”

Banks issue emergency loans to UK firms hit by coronavirus crisis

High street lenders ready to support businesses experiencing supply chain disruption

Barclays under investor pressure over fossil fuel stance

Jupiter Asset Management to back campaign resolution calling for halt to investment

Investors know what to do when interest rates are cut: buy shares

Share prices did better today but it would be ridiculous to say the market’s mood has improved

Barclays investor calls for boss’s removal over Epstein links

Shareholder Ed Bramson says Jes Staley’s re-election as CEO of bank would be ill-advised

John McDonnell says Treasury committee will now be ‘toothless’

All but one Tory in new lineup had links to banking before becoming an MP

‘I lost £95,000 in a bank scam after my solicitor’s email was hacked’

Sally Flood managed to claw two-thirds back, but says lenders should do more to protect customers

Three former Barclays executives found not guilty of fraud

Trio had been accused of funnelling secret fees to Qatar in exchange for emergency funding in 2008 financial crisis