Melinda Gates pushes G7 to close digital gender gap in Africa

World leaders to back call to help rural poor and women access mobile banking

City watchdog admits investment rules too complex for staff

Angry investors at public meeting demand answers from FCA over financial scandals that have lost their money

Predicting currency flow is a mug’s game but there’s little to stop sterling’s slide anytime soon

Existing laws leaving staff who speak up exposed to abuse by their employers, says report

Financial services watchdog starts to mete out stiff penalties after years of much-criticised inactivity

The economy expanded just 0.3% in May, and a slump awaits

Managers called high-end tailors to London office as thousands of traders lost jobs

Governor says EU firms might also face lending crisis by being cut off from banks in London

HSBC extends scheme to extra 18,500 customers overcharged on debt payments

Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Westpac and Woolworths among companies affected

Tailors visited executives at London office on day 18,000 staff cuts were announced

Drastic job-cutting is the latest chapter in the 149-year-old bank’s dramatic history

Deutsche Bank staff across the globe have learned how the bank’s massive restructuring plan will affect them

Chief executive has taken drastic action that was unpalatable to predecessors

Bank that once seemed to have beaten big US rivals at their own game is a national embarrassment