Aviva boss Amanda Blanc and retail guru Mary Portas among business figures in new year honours list

Insurance CEO cited for services to gender equality, while Stephen Hester and Gerald Ronson are also honoured

Treasury to end oversight of £425m scheme to help banks after RBS bailout

Body monitoring use of money given to challenger banks to promote competition to be wound down despite objectives not met

UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies

Campaign at leading universities such as Oxbridge and UCL warns lender it will miss out on top talent if it finances fossil fuels

Ex-NatWest chief’s name axed from ‘Rose review’ into female-led firms

Exclusive: government to rebrand scheme amid fallout from Farage scandal that cost Alison Rose her job

UK mortgages: trial to rule on deals that left people with huge debts

Decades after shared appreciation mortgage launch, case brought by law firm due to reach high court

George Osborne to collect share of £28m payout for work at City advisory firm

The former chancellor is one of four partners at Robey Warshaw, which did not specify how much he would collect

Co-operative Bank in merger talks with Coventry Building Society

Talks with hedge fund owners could return ethical bank to member ownership and create high street challenger with 5m customers

‘We’re not backing down’: Wells Fargo workers push to grow union campaign

Four branches of the bank in New Mexico, Alaska, California and Florida have filed for union elections since November

Cambridge University reportedly could drop Barclays in favour of greener bank

UK lender is a major European funder of oil and gas projects and university has said it does not want to back fossil fuel expansion

No evidence Coutts closed accounts due to political views, report says

Independent review, launched after Nigel Farage’s complaints, finds bank may have breached procedural rules

‘Complete disregard’: Charities condemn Barclays over frozen bank accounts

More groups come forward to describe how shutdown suddenly left them unable to pay bills or staff

Wall Street bank bosses warn Congress that new rules risk hurting US economy

Senate banking committee chair argues lobbying fight is ‘why people hate’ Wall Street and Washington

Bank of England warns AI could pose financial stability risks

‘Careful monitoring’ needed because of rapid pace of artificial intelligence and machine learning

Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn

Treasury select committee highlights concerns over data privacy and increased possibility of bank runs

Alistair Darling was a rare exception: a politician who quietly got things done

As chancellor during the financial crisis he showed great wisdom and courage, and he played a huge part in keeping the UK intact in the Scottish referendum