Labour throws lifeline to challenger banks in fight against Osborne tax
Treasury select committee MP tables amendment to finance bill to protect smaller banks and building societies from chancellor’s new 8% levy
European Central Bank’s gloom suggests QE2 may be on the horizon
President Mario Draghi has plainly been rattled by China’s economy, and as a result the bank’s €1.1tn quantitative easing scheme may need shoring up
China’s market turmoil: leaders’ refusal to learn lessons makes more volatility a sure bet
As Chinese authorities hunt for imaginary culprits, investors should get used to wild stock market rides
HSBC to process 275,000 delayed payments overnight
System failure leaves many workers without monthly salaries ahead of bank holiday weekend, but bank promises to refund any costs incurred
Ukraine agrees ‘win-win’ debt restructuring deal
Finance minister hails ‘collaborative’ agreement that sees some of country’s debt written off in exchange for higher interest on outstanding loan
Why is China’s stock market falling and how might it affect the global economy?
Concerns about inflation, shares and interest rates are raised after ‘Black Monday’ chaos sees billions wiped off markets around the globe
HSBC took £4,000 out of my life savings
When a transfer of £95,000 to New Zealand went wrong, I was told it was my fault
The strange case of Santander and suspicious withdrawals
Spanish bank tipped customer off over fraud then refused to pay a refund
Bank of England to examine whether financial reforms have held back growth
Governor Mark Carney tells George Osborne that City traders and bankers will be asked for their views on effect of financial stability policies
Greece and lenders agree new bailout deal, finance minister says
Athens hails €86bn bailout but Brussels is keen to stress the deal is a technical, not political, agreement
Osborne faces wrath of challengers after placing himself in big banks’ pockets
The chancellor seemed to bow to lobbyists when he delivered summer budget, which left smaller banks paying more corporation tax due to balance-sheet size
Standard Chartered’s new boss halves dividend to shareholders
Bill Winters quashes rumours about HQ move as he reports 44% fall in first-half profits after bad debts in India and fraudulent loan in private bank dent results
RBS sell-off: George Osborne defends £1bn loss
Hedge funds snap up 60% of first tranche of shares as critics brand UK government’s share sale as ‘short-changing the taxpayer’
Leftwing Eurosceptics are wrong to use Greece as a reason to leave the EU
Making a case for Brexit based on events in Greece doesn’t make sense unless you have a distorted view of Syriza’s failures and the reasons for the crisis
HSBC profits rise 10% but $1.5bn in misconduct charges dent bank figures
Global banking group made pretax profits of $13.6bn in the first six months of the year despite ‘a challenging global market’