Jeremy Hunt reveals he was refused Monzo bank account Chancellor says barriers to careers in public life must be removed after being refused account ‘as a politically exposed person’
Revealed: shares held ‘in secret’ by scores of MPs raise questions about vested interests Exclusive: MPs found to hold ‘in effect secret’ stock in listed firms from banks to housebuilders
Attorney general and close family hold £130,000 in shares in six FTSE 100 firms Exclusive: Victoria Prentis’s shareholdings not disclosed in registers despite potential for conflicts of interest
UK banks urged to ‘accelerate’ savings rates by financial regulator FCA tells NatWest, Lloyds, HSBC and Barclays to act more quickly to support consumers after profiteering claims
‘It has lost its appeal’: Canary Wharf faces an uncertain future London’s docklands financial district is facing the loss of major firms such as HSBC and its owners are having to innovate to stem the exodus
Average rate on five-year fixed mortgage deal in UK climbs above 6% Rate is at highest level since last November, and average two-year fix is now 6.47%
Watchdog summons UK bank bosses to discuss weak savings rates Financial Conduct Authority to meet executives on Thursday as part of its investigation into savings market
MPs accuse banks of ‘blatant profiteering’ as savings rates remain low Commons Treasury committee writes to four largest banks, saying they risk falling foul of incoming City rules
Celebrities call on Wimbledon to drop Barclays sponsorship Richard Curtis, Emma Thompson and others say bank is ‘financing and profiting from climate chaos’
UBS ‘preparing to cut more than half of inherited Credit Suisse workforce’ Between 30,000 and 35,000 staff likely to leave combined group this year, according to report
‘If artificial intelligence creates better art, what’s wrong with that?’ Top Norwegian investor and art collector Nicolai Tangen The head investor of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund worries more about AI affecting the country’s portfolio than his own collection of paintings
That shrinking feeling: London’s docklands can no longer bank on financial sector HSBC is to vacate its ‘tower of doom’ – can Canary Wharf reinvent itself in the post-pandemic era?
HSBC to move out of Canary Wharf headquarters due to hybrid working The bank, which aims to move to the former head office of BT, says it wants to reduce its global office space by 40%
£5m Surrey mansion at centre of row over Russian bank sanctions loophole Lawyers claim the assets of a Russian banker accused of fraud can be legally sent to a bank controlled by Vladimir Putin
Why are UK banks taking so long to pass higher interest rates on to savers? Delay is under intense scrutiny from City watchdog – but it may not be simple profiteering