Wimbledon urged to drop Barclays as sponsor over fossil fuel links Climate groups and anti-war activists say bank using reported £20m deal to ‘hide its multitude of sins’
Barclays and HSBC to cut fixed-rate mortgage deals Other lenders likely to follow suit as analysts say cuts of up to 0.31 percentage points could fuel ‘summer of savings’
‘People have gone bust’: the small business owners struggling to pay back Covid loans Four years after the pandemic, firms say rising costs mean they need longer to pay back money from the government
NatWest to take on most of Sainsbury’s Bank Deal comes as supermarket seeks to offload businesses in order to focus on core grocery arm
HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm breached money-laundering rules, regulator finds Finma watchdog says bank failed to carry out adequate checks of two high-risk business relationships
‘I was abused twice, first by my partner and then by my bank’ Charities are calling for more help for women trapped with mortgages they cannot change because they are controlled by an abusive partner
Attacks on Barclays put our staff at risk and are not justified by Middle East events We are appalled by the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Gaza. Activists must not threaten my colleagues as a result of a disinformation campaign against us
US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for ‘simulating’ being at their keyboards Workers were sacked after review found they were ‘creating impression of active work’, says filing
Co-op Bank customers voice anger as business payments taken twice Some users say they were forced into overdrafts because past transactions were repeated
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests
Labour election victory would be ‘net positive’ for markets, says JP Morgan Win would benefit banks, builders and supermarkets, say analysts, showing appeal of ‘centrist platform’ for City
European Central Bank expected to cut interest rates for first time in five years A 0.25 percentage point cut to main lending rate is forecast amid growth in Germany, Italy and Spain
New lifeline for bank customers as ‘super-ATMs’ go on trial in England Residents in areas without branches can withdraw and deposit cash with various high street banks using one machine
UK bank Standard Chartered accused of helping to fund Iran and terrorists Lender denies whistleblowers’ claim transactions worth $100bn were carried out in breach of sanctions
Book festival activists are making absurd demands over Baillie Gifford Insistence on investment purity misses the point and will only lead to a decline in arts sponsorship