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UK bank TSB could be sold off by Spanish owner Sabadell

Owner says it has received expressions of interest as it battles €11bn hostile approach from local rival BBVA

World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds

Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises

Metro Bank shares surge on talk of private equity takeover

Potential uncertainty for customers and staff as Shawbrook owner Pollen Street Capital sounds out bank’s bosses

Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance

IADB’s proposals involve lenders using public money to buy up renewable energy loans in poor countries

‘We’re being attacked all the time’: how UK banks stop hackers

Devastating attacks at M&S, the Co-op and Harrods highlight risks as lenders say cybersecurity is biggest expense

Credit Suisse was ‘warned’ about Greensill three years before firm collapsed

Anonymous messages questioned judgment of senior managers in dealing with Greensill, says Swiss regulator

China bans banks from luring customers with popular Labubu dolls

Regulator asks local banks not to give non-compliant perks amid fierce competition as interest rates fall

Lex Greensill says SoftBank managers ‘felt threatened’ by his links to founder

Financier tells court he travelled to Tokyo ‘often weekly’ for mentoring sessions with Masayoshi Son

UK banks to experiment with Nvidia AI in ‘supercharged sandbox’ scheme

Financial Conduct Authority launches initiative to ‘speed up innovation’ and help spur economic growth

‘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

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