David Cameron warns of looming second global crash

PM says ‘red warning lights are flashing’ against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close

Lloyds to cut 1,250 jobs in insurance

Latest cuts part are the first tranche of a planned 9,000 job losses and will hit staff selling critical illness and income protection products

Standard Chartered boss hails ‘constructive’ investor talks

Peter Sands insists there were no questions about the make-up of the board or his role at this year’s meeting in Hong Kong

Virgin Money float yields £85m for Richard Branson

Entrepreneur is selling 15% of his stake in the bank, whose stock market listing was delayed from October

Treasury gains £1.1bn windfall from record fines on banks

George Osborne says proceeds from regulator’s crackdown on currency market rigging will be ‘used for the wider public good’

Bank of England’s chief currency trader dismissed amid forex-rigging scandal

Bank says Martin Mallett was fired for ‘serious misconduct’ a day ahead of the Grabiner report into forex-rigging

Banks pay out £166bn over six years: a history of banking misdeeds and fines

From Libor rigging and sanction busting to forex manipulation, a look back at the global banking industry’s offences and penalties

The new broom sweeping up Serco’s barnacles

Serco is a right old mess, but with Rupert Soames at the helm it is aiming to take a step back to be better able to leap forward

Mark Carney hails new deal for ‘too big to fail’ banks

Bank of England governor unveils new set of rules about the capital that 30 ‘globally systemically important’ banks must hold to avoid further bailouts

Success of Carney’s banking reforms cannot be judged until tested by a crisis

Banking battle plan does indeed mark a ‘watershed moment’, but can we rely on governments to hold their nerve in tough times?

G20 agreement on banking regulation will end bailouts, says Carney

Bank of England governor expected to say that deal over global regulatory framework will be reached in Australia

Financial crisis repeat could force Bank of England to bail out markets

Governor Mark Carney says central banks could have to step in after business lending shifts away from traditional banks

Free banking in the firing line as competition inquiry launches

Competition and Markets Authority to embark on most detailed analysis of sector for a decade, looking into how banks treat small business and personal customers