Labour won’t win economic credibility by attacking easy targets Corbyn could try developing a more sustainable model of capitalism rather than knocking Murdoch et al
Last-minute PPI claims slash Lloyds bank profits Surge of mis-selling claims before August deadline cuts quarterly profit from £1.8bn to £50m
City hopeful Johnson victory could spark ‘Boris Bounce’ Finance analysts view Tory win as best outcome for Brexit, although few wary of no deal
Virgin Galactic wins space tourism race to float on stock market Sir Richard Branson beat Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by listing his venture in New York
Number of IT failures at banks and other firms is unacceptable, say MPs Calls for regulators to act as committee lambasts finance sector over treatment of customers
Lloyds to have last word on scale of PPI scandal We find out the final mis-selling bill when the banks report this week, with the black horse bringing up the rear
German consumer morale slides; Brexit jitters weigh on markets – business live Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including more worrying data from Germany
Barclays profits plunge as bank warns of challenging year ahead Chief executive says there is ‘a level of caution’ among banking customers
Barclays U-turns over ban on Post Office cash withdrawals Bank rethinks decision after stinging criticism from MPs label move as ‘penny-pinching’
Barclays deposits a large dose of common sense at the Post Office Bank’s unilateral exit from Post Office cash withdrawals was always a PR own goal
Mario Draghi leaves ECB with gloomy economic warning – as it happened Mario Draghi warns that geopolitical risks are threatening the eurozone recovery, as he gives his final press conference as president of the European Central Bank
RBS posts quarterly loss after extra £900m put aside for PPI claims Bank slid to an operating loss of £8m for the three months to September
Superyachts and private jets: spending of corrupt super-rich revealed Groundbreaking analysis finds £300bn of suspect funds funnelled through the UK
Metro Bank chairman steps down early after torrid year Vernon Hill quits as regulatory investigation into bank’s accounting error continues
World economy is sleepwalking into a new financial crisis, warns Mervyn King Past crashes spawned new thinking and reform but nothing has changed since 2008 banking meltdown, says former Bank of England boss