Hinkley Point’s first impact will be to add to consumers’ bills

Nils Pratley: The UK would be agreeing to buy electricity from Hinkley Point at £93 per megawatt hour – roughly twice the current market rate

EU commissioner defends cap on bank bonuses in face of British challenge

Michel Barnier insists restrictions on City are legal after Treasury lodges complaint with European court of justice

RBS's £3.2bn distressed-property arm is trying to sell off its UK properties held within subsidiary called West Register

ASA says ad by payday lender Wonga gave impression that taking out a high-interest loan could be done lightly

Nils Pratley: Distinct lack of bargains suggests likes of HSBC and Barclays making more sober assessment of risks than the chancellor

Bank of England governor's move to persuade markets that interest rates will not immediately rise has provoked scepticism

800,000 federal workers sent home without pay and estimated $400m knocked off economic output each day in lost pay

After PM pledges to bring forward Help to Buy scheme, IMF says short-term benefits must be weighed against lending bubble risk

British bank extends deadline for Dahabshiil account closure, but condemns injunction application as baseless

Stewart and co-chair Michael Philipp will launch the 'global creative community bank' next year

Zoe Williams: The banks' malpractice has become normalised, but if we still remain loyal to them it's no surprise they don't clean up their act

With the bailed-out bank back in profit, the chancellor can even claim a £60m profit on the sale of 15% of the taxpayer's stake

Nils Pratley: It was outrageously cheeky of the chancellor to talk about Darling having 'forced' taxpayers into bailing out the banks

António Horta-Osório could be in line for more than £2.2m as chancellor claims part selloff is sign of improving economy

Announcement after closure of stock exchange marks significant step in returning bailed out bank to private sector