Global firms halt China travel as coronavirus spooks markets

Fears grow over global economic fallout with airline shares hit and commodity prices tumbling

Philip Hammond joins British bank OakNorth as adviser

Job with fintech startup is former chancellor’s second since stepping down as MP

Why won’t our banks take a simple step to stop fraud?

Every day, life-changing sums are lost to transfer scams – but we’re still waiting for action

Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg blasts climate inaction; Lagarde fears Brexit cliff edge – Day Four as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as climate activists speak at the World Economic Forum

Protesters who demanded Huawei CFO’s release revealed to be paid actors

More than a dozen people outside Vancouver courtroom with ‘Free Meng’ signs were promised C$100 for two hours’ work on a movie

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to charge overdraft rate of up to 49.9%

Rate is highest announced to date, as group responds to City watchdog ban on excessive fees

EasyJet’s grab of Thomas Cook spoils won’t be flying too high

Since it’s only adding 3% capacity in 2020, airline seems hardly engaged in post-bust market grab

Lloyds set to halve carbon emissions it finances in 10 years

Bank vows to create ‘green products and services’ such as energy efficiency mortgages

Greenpeace hits out at Davos banks for $1.4tn climate hypocrisy

Report highlights financial support given to hydrocarbon sector by 24 institutions

Former Barclays boss accused of ‘funnelling funds’ to Qatar

Court hears that Thomas Kalaris put forward ways bank could meet Qatar’s demand for extra fees

BlackRock gets praise for coal divestment. What it really needs is regulation

For the world’s biggest fund manager and its fellow shadow banks, self-policing can never be sufficient, says Ann Pettifor, director of Prime: Policy Research in Macroeconomics

Lloyds warns staff to expect first bonus cut in four years

Exclusive: Notice comes late surge in PPI claims hits banking group

Pension funds urge Barclays to stop lending to fossil fuel firms

Institutional investors file resolution for AGM of bank to phase out loans to fossil fuel projects or companies

Travelex ‘being held to ransom’ by hackers said to be demanding $3m

Cyber-attack forced currency exchange firm to take down all its global websites

Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks hit by IT failure

Bank group vows to investigate after latest glitch stops wages and payments to customer accounts