George Osborne – UK will help Ireland through debt crisis

Chancellor vows to help restore stability to Ireland's banking system as European finance ministers gather for crunch meeting

George Osborne plans to cut levy on banks’ balance sheets

Treasury considers cutting proposed levy after learning it could raise an unexpectedly high £3.9bn a year

Why dollars must not sink and tempers must not rise at the G20

Randeep Ramesh: The global economic crisis demands that all nations consider the wider international picture rather than narrow national self-interest

Robin Hood tax that could raise $26bn a year worldwide is viable, says report

Financial transaction tax would let government double UK's aid budget

Biodiversity loss seen as greater financial risk than terrorism, says UN

Loss of ecosystems perceived by banks and insurance companies to be a greater economic risk than terrorism, finds UN report

Divided G20 poses threat to banking reform, Osborne warned

Marcus Agius, chairman of British Bankers' Association, tells chancellor reforms are at risk if they are introduced at different speeds by G20 nations

EMI trial: The background

Two of Britain's most high-profile financiers, Terra Firma's Guy Hands and Citigroup's David Wormsley, meet in court over EMI

Banks given two weeks to sign tax avoidance code

Barclays and HSBC among 11 banks yet to sign up

Q&A: What are mortgage foreclosure ‘robo signers’?

The US mortgage foreclosure crisis continues to deepen, with new evidence that Wells Fargo, the second-largest mortgage servicer, used a 'robo signer' like other banks