We need you, Andrew Tyrie. Without you, the bankers will get away with it

The chair of the Treasury select committee offers the one hope of real action over the continuing culture of greed

Osborne prepares to pick right moment for Lloyds share sale

Chancellor will be keeping close eye on banking group’s share price to ensure taxpayer does not lose out in public privatisation

Banking culture review: Treasury defends FCA decision to scrap study

Government denies it was involved in a move that MPs say will be seen as a softening of stance towards bankers

From smoking diesels to Sports Direct: the business year in review

Forget Wall Street – it was a semi in Hounslow, a warehouse in Derbyshire and a boardroom in Wolfsburg that provided some of 2015’s biggest shocks

Is Trading Places the best financial film ever?

The Big Short is released in the new year, but greed and financial crashes have long been popular cinema themes. Here are our business team’s top picks

Anger at City banks paying little or no corporation tax

Politicians and campaigners react as research reveals five major banks, including JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, paid no 2014 corporation tax for their UK arms

Andrew Tyrie seeks Treasury guarantee over loans sold to Cerberus

Chair of Commons Treasury select committee has written to George Osborne to ask for assurance on £13bn sale of Northern Rock loans

The roof is being fixed but beware the house crashing beneath it

Consumer spending is driving economic growth but household debt and the house price-income ratio is at a record high. Be afraid

Investors got ECB odds wrong but Draghi could pay hefty price

Mario Draghi’s authority has been dented after he dashed investors’ hopes. It would seem a central banker is only as trustworthy as his last statement

Politician accuses Cerberus of paying kickbacks to win £1.2bn property assets

Sinn Féin’s Máirtín Ó Muilleoir alleges that US private equity firm paid kickbacks to fixers for inside information and introduction to contacts

European stocks slide after ECB dashes hopes of major QE expansion

Central bank’s modest moves to revive eurozone economy, including minor reduction in deposit rate paid on reserves, sends markets tumbling

Turbulence predicted as ECB eases monetary policy and Fed tightens

Faced with flat growth and prices in the eurozone, the European Central Bank is expected to cut rates and expand QE, but the Fed is likely to raise rates in the US

Mark Carney is relaxed about our banks, but a nagging doubt remains

The Bank of England governor took a mighty leap downwards in capital thresholds demanded of lenders

Barclays faces higher recruitment bill for new boss Jes Staley

Cost of buying out bonuses from previous employer JP Morgan increases to more than £2m owing to rise in share price of US bank since announcing appointment

UK banks pass stress tests as Britain’s “post-crisis period” ends – as it happened

Rolling coverage as the Bank of England publishes its annual health check of Britain’s financial sector