‘Freemen on the land’: YouTube videos tell homeowners they aren’t bound by mortgages FCA has sounded alarm over growing conspiracy theory that uses arguments dating back to Magna Carta
UK mortgages: 100% loans are back – will they work for you? The controversial loan has returned. We look at the deals and explain why it’s worth saving up a 5% deposit or more
NatWest apologises to millions of customers locked out of app In latest IT outage to hit a UK bank, group is investigating problem caused by update to app late on Thursday
Caryl Churchill pulls out of Donmar Warehouse project over Barclays’ Israel links Playwright urges theatre to cut ties with bank, which has been criticised for providing financial services to defence firms supplying Israel
Starling pays out fivefold bonus sum despite FCA fine and Covid loan errors Staff get £24.6m after year in which bank was penalised for ‘shockingly lax’ controls and profits fell 25% to £223m
Ukraine must urgently be given the €300bn of frozen Russian assets Confiscating the funds would shock Putin, help Ukraine, and take advantage of disillusionment in the US economy
Hubris, crisis and scandal: how the NatWest ‘soap opera’ unfolded From Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin to Nigel Farage ousting the CEO, it’s been a bumpy ride for the now-privatised banking group, formerly RBS
UK banks urged to beef up anti-fraud systems for international payments Data reveals ‘notable increase’ in scammers tricking people into sending money abroad
Government sells final shares in NatWest 17 years after £45bn bailout Sale ends state ownership of the banking group, then known as Royal Bank of Scotland, after 2008 rescue
Sidi Ould Tah named African Development Bank president Mauritanian economist who led Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa will succeed Akinwunmi Adesina
Starling’s profits drop 25% as bank takes blame for Covid loan losses Our own weak controls led to £28m of losses through government’s bounce back loans, says chief executive
Taxpayers set for £10bn loss on NatWest as disgraced ex-boss takes £600k-a-year pension Government expected to sell last shares in banking group this week, drawing a line under 2008 financial crisis bailout
HSBC high street bank staff face bonus cuts over remote working Bank’s UK division hardens hybrid working policy with requirement to spend at least 60% of time in office
Online criminals attacking HSBC ‘all the time’, says head of UK arm Ian Stuart tells MPs that cybersecurity is biggest expense as bank systems face scrutiny after M&S and Co-op attacks
Santander UK freezes salaries and cuts jobs in commercial banking arm Exclusive: Bank also set to slash bonuses in wider shake-up that could help make it more attractive to potential buyers