The rise and fall of microfinance

Claire Provost: Has microfinance genuinely benefited the world's poor, or are the motives for loans and credit altogether more sinister?

Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh government battle over Grameen Bank

The 8.3 million women who form the bulk of the Nobel-winning microfinance bank's shareholders could be the losers, reports Syed Zain Al-Mahmood

Chancellor tells parliamentary commission that ringfencing of retail banking should be left up to individual banks to implement

What you should do if you think you were mis-sold a card protection or identity protection policy on your credit card

We opening a free bank account with Abbey but when it was taken over were told we'd be moved to a fixed-monthly one

Co-producer says show at Dublin's Bord Gáis theatre is intended to spread some happiness amid the doom and gloom

A loans and savings initiative is transforming the lives of some of the poorest in 11 countries

Average payment protection insurance compensation is £2,750. Here's how you can go about making a claim

Former Barclays chief executive tells MPs separating retail and commercial arms is necessary if banking proves 'unreformable'

George Osborne heralds Royal Bank of Scotland's exit from toxic asset insurance programme as step in right direction

Santander has pulled out of the purchase of 316 RBS and NatWest branches, leaving the bank under pressure to find another buyer

Chancellor says eurozone, US fiscal timebomb and slowdown in emerging markets pose dangerous mix in medium term

Mortgage borrowers and savers with ING will see their accounts transferred to Barclays. Find out when, how and what it means

Neil Kinnock proved that mid-term poll leads count for little at election time, especially when Labour has a few legacy issues