Rare metal assets, 4,000 workers, a Canary Wharf HQ… but does this billion-pound firm really exist?

A bizarre mining business’s fake audit reveals the potential for fraudsters at Companies House

Will the bonus bubbly still flow as reality bites for British banks?

Job losses, shakeups and the motor finance commission scandal will cast a shadow over lenders when they start reporting results this week

HSBC considering boosting new CEO’s pay package to £15m

Planned overhaul would see Georges Elhedery’s salary cut, with bonuses potentially raising maximum pay by 43%

Evelyn de Rothschild left bank in 2004 after sexual misconduct complaint

Rothschild & Co investigated complaint against the late financier in 2003 and he left shortly afterwards

Santander UK staff brace for more job losses after 38% drop in full-year profits

‘Cost efficiencies’ programme planned for UK arm rocked by car loan commission scandal

Late financier Evelyn de Rothschild accused of abuse during banking career

Exclusive: Several women claim City grandee exploited his position to harass or sexually assault them in the 1990s

Citigroup commits to hybrid working, bucking Wall Street trend

Managers told letting most staff continue to work up to two days from home will give bank competitive advantage

Global stock markets come under pressure amid ‘Trump tariff tantrum’

Markets recover some losses after Trump agreed to delay new duties on Mexico goods, sparking hopes of a reprieve

Barclays says IT glitch that locked customers out of accounts is fixed

Fault caused major problems with payments for two days and reportedly disrupted house moves

JPMorgan’s $4bn delivery of gold bullion adds to fears Trump’s tariffs will reshape global trade

US bank, world’s biggest bullion dealer, says it will deliver raw material against contracts that will expire in February

Barclays IT glitch locks customers out of accounts for almost 24 hours

Outage comes on HMRC’s deadline day for settling self-assessment tax returns and a pay day for many workers

‘He spent thousands’: how a bank team tries to rescue scam victims

Santander’s specialist squad aims to save customers from the grips of fraudsters offering romance and more

Ex-Barclays CEO gears up for explosive trial over City regulator’s allegations on Jeffrey Epstein ties

Court papers seen by the Guardian mean Jes Staley’s appeal against FCA ruling will demand answers on links to sex offender

Lloyds Banking Group to shut another 136 UK high street branches

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches to close as group accelerates shift to digital and mobile banking

‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader

Gary Stevenson grew up poor, got rich in the City – then found himself wrestling with depression. Now he says he’s the only person on the left who really understands the British economy – and the people who wield the power