Jeremy Hunt requests inquiry into ‘debanking’ of politicians

Chancellor wants Financial Conduct Authority to investigate whether practice is ‘widespread’

HSBC more than doubles profits as interest rates soar

Bank says it earned £17bn in first half and will hand more money back to shareholders

Nigel Farage says new Coutts boss has offered to keep his accounts open

Former Ukip leader is still taking legal action against bank demanding compensation and apology

Banks with lowest savings rates to face ‘robust action’, warns UK financial watchdog

FCA gives banks four weeks to justify savings rates as it lays out 14-point plan to monitor treatment of customers

My debit card and pin were stolen but Barclays is treating me as the criminal

It had sent me new ones but before they arrived £1,000 disappeared from my account

UK banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every day

Nigel Farage calls for royal commission as data shows big jump in customers being ‘debanked’

Nigel Farage launching new website to help people denied accounts by banks

The ex-Ukip leader has been hailed as a consumer champion after vowing to create a guide on how to flood banks with data requests

NatWest chair quitting over Coutts row would not be ‘helpful’, says City minister

Andrew Griffith backs Sir Howard Davies staying in post after resignations of chief executive and head of private banking arm

NatWest chair vows to stay on to provide ‘stability’ after Farage controversy

Sir Howard Davies planning ‘orderly transition’ as bank hires lawyers to investigate account closures

Where were Nigel Farage and his defenders when Muslim bank accounts were shut down?

Establishment voices outraged by his ejection from Coutts were silent when charities were falsely linked to terrorism, says Miqdaad Versi of the Muslim Council of Britain

NatWest chair Howard Davies says Alison Rose was a ‘great leader’ amid Farage row; company insolvencies jump – business live

Davies says NatWest has lost a ‘great leader’, following departure of Alison Rose this week, but must now look forward

I’m secretly a Coutts customer but for people like me there’s little point

You need be rich to take advantage of the actually useful stuff – I hide my card and just use my Monzo

NatWest to pay UK government £190m as Farage crisis rocks bank

Crisis-hit group plans to pay dividends worth £500m to investors after quarterly profits rise by 27%

It will be surprising if NatWest’s Howard Davies hasn’t gone by Christmas

Plan had been for chair to leave by next July – but that was before row over Nigel Farage’s Coutts accounts

Coutts chief quits and crisis wipes £1bn off NatWest shares

Ousting of private bank’s chief may not be final departure as future of NatWest Group chairman looks uncertain