Alison Rose to become first female RBS chief executive

Deputy head of retail banking arm will also be first woman to lead one of UK’s big four banks

Britons are still worse off than in 2008, new research claims

Thinktank challenges official statistics claiming average citizen is £128 poorer than a decade ago

HMRC faces legal fight for handing Britons’ data to US tax officials

Case could have implications for British citizens born in US, who risk having accounts frozen

Female banker wins gender bias case after witch’s hat left on desk

Stacey Macken claimed she was paid significantly less than male colleague at BNP Paribas

Banks have only themselves to blame for PPI reckoning

Some bankers may have thought that PPI products were justified, but it was a scam

Labour warns UK banks: trim bankers’ bonuses or we will

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says crackdown on excessive payouts will be one of his first acts

HSBC’s £35bn mortgage push is good for borrowers, but it’s risky

Buyers should grab deals while they can – but the bank could lose out in a precarious UK market

HSBC to lend an extra £35bn to homebuyers

Battle between lenders intensifies as bank seeks bigger share of mortgage market

HBOS chief who left after bailout to face City scrutiny at Wagamama owner

Andy Hornby will present Restaurant Group’s results on Tuesday in his first role at publicly listed company since financial crash

MPs back businessman on hunger strike at Clydesdale Bank

All-party group urges bank to re-examine role in collapse of John Guidi’s property business

NatWest and RBS hit by second IT glitch in a week

Customers express frustration after banks’ websites go down

China’s yuan hits 11-year low as trade tensions grip markets

Investors seek safe havens such as US treasuries and gold as US-China standoff continues

UK banks face week of hunger strikes and protests

Direct action will take place against Clydesdale, Danske and Lloyds banks over alleged mis-sold loans

British citizens born in US risk having UK bank accounts frozen

Britons who left US as children being chased by their banks for a US tax ID they do not have

Trump orders US companies to ‘come home’ from China – as it happened

Rolling coverage of economics, business and markets as the US president retaliates against China after Beijing unveiled fresh tariffs on American goods