Uncertainty over UK car finance scandal is putting off investors, warn CEOs

Industry figures say unknown compensation bill makes it ‘difficult to operate’ owing to fears of ‘retrospection’

UK mortgage rules could be eased to increase growth

FCA also aims to change law to try to prevent a repeat of mass compensation schemes for consumers such as PPI

Two men sentenced in UK over £1m fraud based on stolen banking letters

Muhammed Qayyum and Adbdul Khan intercepted post and used it to gain access to victims’ account details

Bank of England delays rules designed to avoid banking crash by a year

Donald Trump’s return to White House and Rachel Reeves’s call for regulators to help drive UK growth taken into account

Citigroup commits to office working with £1bn Canary Wharf tower revamp

US bank will spend almost as much to renovate Citi Tower skyscraper as it paid for site in the first place

Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’

The scope of the Cop26 net zero banking alliance may have been limited, but the exodus of six US banks signifies a seismic political shift, says senior research fellow Adrienne Buller

Axos Financial: how the US bank became one of Trump’s biggest backers

The online lender has thrived as it helped extend $400m in loans with its biggest individual investor, Don Hankey

Lloyds bankers could face bonus cut if not in office two days a week

Group reviews office attendance as part of performance-related bonus targets for senior employees

Wall Street looks forward to a bonfire of capital and climate rules under Trump

Profits are poised to dominate in a new era shorn of years of hard-won regulatory restrictions

JPMorgan Chase requires all workers to return to office five days a week

Executives acknowledge ‘not everyone will agree with this decision’ as bank calls time on remote and hybrid working

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger review – Rory Kinnear files a solid return as the bloke from Burnley

The businessman with a heart takes on crooked payday lenders in this predictable sequel that gets by on its heartfelt performances

Lloyds to let customers use Halifax and BoS branches, raising job cut fears

Account holders at the group’s three brands will be able to use any of their locations, but unions fear site closures

City regulator vows to ease ‘burden’ on UK banks amid government pressure

Bank of England says it is rowing back on ‘overcooked’ regulations introduced after financial crisis

Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration

Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts

Barclays suggested ‘mystery shoppers’ could pretend to be blind or deaf

Bank faces criticism over adverts saying people testing its services could ‘fabricate’ conditions for £45 per visit