Call for global cooperation over money laundering rules

Top UK regulator says threat of fines is scaring banks and poses risk of cutting off financial services to emerging economies

HSBC sets aside $378m for potential forex-rigging fines

Bank also warns of ‘significant fines’ amid investigations into clients’ tax affairs in France

Bank shares surge as new rules on capital prove less strict than feared

Chancellor calls for more work on effect on banks and building societies from imposition of 3% leverage ratio across sector

Royal Bank of Scotland earmarks 5% of branches for closure

Customers of 154 branches have been told but 81% taxpayer-owned bank has not formally announced the closures

Royal Bank of Scotland sets aside £400m for forex-rigging fines

Bank follows Barclays and Citigroup in preparing for expected penalties – and adds £100m to provision for mis-selling PPI

Spain’s economic recovery gathers momentum

Initial estimates suggest economy grew by 0.5% between July and September, its fifth consecutive quarter of growth

Time to take a zero-tolerance approach to the banks

Larry Elliott: Patience in Threadneedle Street is wearing thin but if you want to make bankers behave we should treat financial malfeasance like benefit fraud

Lloyds job cuts show the technology axe still swings for white collar workers

As the bank seeks to shrink by another 9,000 jobs, the case is clearer than ever for action to improve the UK’s skills levels

Standard Chartered shares fall after new profits warning

Ten years of rising profits end as bank unveils troubled second-half trading to send share price to five-year low

Michael Winterbottom and Russell Brand to make economics documentary

The film-maker and the comedian have begun shooting Emperor’s New Clothes, which aims to explore how social inequalities contributed to the financial crisis

The stress isn’t over yet: talk of a return to normal banking is misplaced

Larry Elliott: While the initial response to European Central Bank’s stress tests has been positive, there are good reasons to be wary

Lloyds shares fall after narrowly passing European banking stress tests

Fears surface over tougher UK tests as one in five lenders fail health checks, with Italy’s Monte dei Paschi bank shares suspended

World’s oldest lender fails European banking stress test

Italian central bank defends institutions after Monte dei Paschi di Siena and eight other banks are told to find billions to plug capital shortfalls

Twenty-four European banks fail financial stress tests

European Banking Authority finds €25bn black hole in finances with nine banks in Italy failing the tests

No taxpayer bailouts under Bank of England’s new plans

Proposals are to avoid a repeat the £45bn bailout of Royal Bank of Scotland, with public money only available as a last resort