David Davis: George Osborne has questions to answer over Co-op Bank

Tory MP says problems should have been apparent to Treasury when bank was seeking to take over Lloyds branches

The Co-op Bank saga needs answers – but don’t hold your breath

Jill Treanor: George Osborne is to talk to regulators about a full-scale inquiry into how supposedly staid and responsible co-operative ended up with £1.5bn capital shortfall

Row as Barclays promotes tax havens as ‘gateway for investment’ in Africa

British bank criticised after brochure hails Mauritius as offshore financial centre of choice for India and sub-Saharan region

Microcredit has been a disaster for the poorest in South Africa

The finance model was supposed to help the country's disenfranchised, but has just pushed them further into debt

RBS switched us to a more costly packaged current account

Poor treatment as RBS closes couple's Royalties Gold account and upgrades them to Select Platinum account

Elizabeth Warren challenges Obama to break up ‘too-big-to-fail’ Wall St banks

Amid speculation that she might run against Hillary Clinton in 2016, firebrand senator attacks regulators for multiple failings

Royal Bank of Scotland faces further fines over sub-prime mortgage crisis

UK Financial Investments outgoing chairman says RBS has been forced to hold more capital because of potential penalties

Banks are coming to terms with contactless cards

After complaints about incorrect billing, First Direct takes action

Office of Fair Trading orders UK banks to reveal errors over loan agreements

Watchdog highlights historic problems after huge compensation payments by Northern Rock, Co-operative Bank and Barclays

Royal Bank of Scotland: in place of strategy

Editorial: Here is a fatally over-stretched global empire attempting to transform itself into something more mundane

RBS’s decision to keep operating as Ulster Bank across Ireland welcomed

The Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, supports decision and says restructuring of RBS overall will help economy

RBS places troublesome assets worth £38bn in internal ‘bad bank’

RBS chief executive Ross McEwan warns of substantial losses this year as George Osborne says no sell-off until after election

The ethical bank that offers salvation?

On ethical grounds, it scores more than the troubled Co-op. Welcome to Reliance, the financial wing of the Salvation Army

Ethical alternatives to the Co-operative Bank

With US hedge funds calling the shots, the Co-op Bank's green credentials look increasingly fragile. But there are other accounts worth looking at

Co-op bank’s ethical ethos may not survive new ownership – Q&A

What the rescue deal means for customers, employees and holders of bank bonds