George Osborne hopes for £4.2bn from sale of 7.5% stake in Lloyds Bank

Move suggests that the bailed-out bank will be back in private ownership before the general election next May

Lloyds Banking Group ‘using loophole to cut PPI compensation payouts’

Customers of taxpayer-owned Lloyds bank who were mis-sold PPI policies are not getting all of their money back, BBC claims

Former Bank of England governor dismisses claim politicians were involved in promoting Co-op's bid for 631 branches

We paid for One Direction concert tickets and travel on our card, but the bank won't help

Governor of the Bank of England up before the Treasury select committee was as intensely relaxed as ever

Bank of England chief defends governance structure and speed with which Bank reacted to claims during questioning by MPs

Governor Mark Carney says claims that traders fixed the foreign exchange markets go to the heart of the integrity of financial markets

'It's a distinct possibility,' Bank of England governor tells MPs, referring to EU rules on where banks can be headquartered

Bank governor will give evidence to the Treasury select committee amid escalating foreign exchange scandal

Chancellor 'must say why he has not curbed excess' as EU considers imposing new limits on bosses' pay

RBS aims to be 'smaller, simpler, smarter', scrapping 0% balance transfers and teasers for new customers, and simplifying savings

RBS announces intention to sell 423m shares in UK's biggest car insurer as it prepares to unveil £8bn loss

Payments would be on top of bank leaders' basic pay in a move to circumvent EU's limits on bonuses

Bill Nighy: Instead of being vilified for bonuses they could support the Tobin tax – and help the victims of financial crisis and climate change

Comments from Bank of England governor follow news that Barclays was paying bigger bonuses despite plans to shed staff