HBOS report moves one step closer as publication consent deadline nears

Passing of key deadline should speed up publication of FCA’s long-awaited report into what went wrong at UK lender

The world still needs a way to stop hot money scalding us all

The Chinese slowdown shows that the global financial system is still failing. New rules would mean a brighter, more stable future, not just for emerging markets but for the whole world

Lloyds bank share sale: 250,000 register on government website

Figure dwarfs level of interest in Royal Mail sale as Treasury reduces size of state stake in bank to 11%

Bank of England to probe George Osborne’s new bank tax

Treasury committee asks Bank to scrutinise new tax fearing changes will favour ‘big four’ and harm competition in banking sector

ANZ ‘will not finance’ dirty coal plants and pledges $10bn for clean energy

Bank rules out funding ‘conventional coal-fired power plants’ that do not use proven technologies to significantly reduce emissions

Lloyds share sale is grubby and indefensible

Why should some citizens receive a discount at the expense of other taxpayers?

Lloyds bank share sale: all you need to know

The chancellor is offering ‘very generous’ terms for smaller investors, particularly if the bank starts to pay dividends

George Osborne’s housing-based revival stands on flawed foundations

The preconditions for another boom-bust are already in place thanks to the chancellor’s strategy of heating up the property market

The PPI claims deadline – all you need to know

The City watchdog is calling time on PPI claims in 2018, seeking closure on a banking debacle that paid out £20bn in compensation

Government reduces stake in Lloyds Banking Group

Share sale takes taxpayers’ holding in bailed-out bank below 12%, and total recovered to £15bn

Challenger banks pushing Treasury to ease banking tax

Banks such as Metro and Secure Trust met officials amid fears that the 8% surcharge could stifle competition in the banking sector

Osborne’s bank profits tax could stifle competition, warns Andrew Tyrie

Treasury select committee chairman says it is crucial 8% surcharge does not impede attempts to increase competition in the sector

Bank of England leaves rates unchanged; European markets fall back – as it happened

Rolling coverage and expert reaction to the Bank of England’s monetary policy decision

Global code of conduct for currency traders by 2017, say central banks

Bank for International Settlements committee making progress on new code after scandal over price rigging at some of the world’s biggest banks

Royal London was right to have a Direct word

Company needs praise for leading an ultimately doomed campaign for better boardroom governance at Sports Direct