Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh

Whatever Jeremy Hunt says, traders know the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. And they’re paid millions to bet on it, says the author Gary Stevenson

Lord Rothschild obituary

Scion of the famous banking dynasty who was an admired cultural philanthropist in the arts and heritage worlds

New York Community Bank shares plummet after $2.4bn earnings hit

Chief executive of embattled bank steps down after company reports ‘material weaknesses’ in internal controls

Jeremy Hunt to announce UK government sale of NatWest shares

State’s one-third share in the bank, now worth about £6.7bn, is left over from the 84% holding taken during the 2008 financial crisis

UK government in talks with brokers to help market NatWest shares to public

Ministers are exploring possible options for selling down stake in bank to retail investors

Jacob Rothschild, financier and member of the banking family, dies at 87

City grandee and hereditary peer co-founded a number of companies and was also involved in the arts

FCA’s pay levels ‘could force its staff to rely on hardship fund’

Members of Unite union reject UK regulator’s offer and say it is failing to deal with salary shortfall

Standard Chartered chief’s pay jumps 22% to £7.8m after profit bump

Bank reports annual pre-tax profits rose by 19% to £4bn in 2023, pushing Bill Winters’ pay to eight-year high

Mike Ashley victim of ‘abuse’ by US bank Morgan Stanley, high court hears

Frasers Group suing over $900m cash demand linked to bets placed on shares in German retailer Hugo Boss

Lloyds sets aside £450m for car loan fines and payouts

Bank’s profits rise 57% but it says there is ‘significant uncertainty’ over liability amid FCA investigation

HSBC shares suffer biggest one-day drop in nearly four years

Bank increases staff bonus pool by 12% despite hit from exposure to China real estate slump

Elizabeth Warren urges regulators to block Capital One’s takeover of Discover

Senator says $35bn deal merging two of the largest US credit card firms will ‘threaten financial stability’ and ‘harm working people’

Nice targets, but scepticism is hard to shake at Barclays

Pledge to return £10bn to shareholders is overshadowed by investment division concerns

Bank of England governor predicts UK recession will be ‘very small’, as MPs push for interest rate cuts – as it happened

Andrew Bailey tells MPs there are signs that UK economy is picking up, after GDP shrank in the last two quarters

Barclays to cut costs by £2bn, raising fears of further job losses

Bank announces drop in profits to £6.6bn as it says it plans to return more to shareholders