NatWest accused of ‘unjust’ profiteering after CEO paid £5.2m Alison Rose becomes group’s second-highest-paid boss as bank reports largest profits since 2007
Chinese billionaire tech banker Bao Fan goes missing Disappearance of China Renaissance chair raises fears of fresh crackdown on China’s finance industry
Standard Chartered top bankers to receive biggest bonuses since financial crisis Emerging markets-focused bank records strong performance with profits up by 28%
Ex-Barclays boss accused of holding discussions with Jeffrey Epstein about photos of young women US lawsuit claims Jes Staley received pictures of young women in seductive poses from the sex offender
Barclays staff to share £1.2bn in bonuses despite drop in profits The 15% fall in profits follows costs of US trading blunder and money being put aside for defaults by borrowers
Philip Lowe has a good game face. If he has any doubts over his decisions, they aren’t showing The RBA governor came to Senate estimates armed with messages he wanted to convey and an inclination to avoid all trapdoors
Banks are making record profits while everyone normal is having a wretched time The banks! We cannot send them to Pluto because they have our money squirrelled away in their bankholes
Watchdog and West Yorkshire police raid crypto ATM operators in UK first Raids target machines hosted around Leeds believed to be offering to buy or convert traditional currencies
Sub-prime lender Amigo avoids £73m fine after claiming hardship FCA finds company put customers at high risk of harm by failing to assess whether they could repay loans
NatWest poised to report biggest profits since 2008 financial crisis Expected hike in bonuses could also prove controversial given cost of living crisis and government’s stake
NatWest to end new business loans for oil and gas extraction Bank also plans to phase out similar lending for existing customers under its first climate transition plan
The Lehman Trilogy review – Sam Mendes’ banking saga returns with dividends Hadley Fraser, Nigel Lindsay and Michael Balogun are astonishing as the 18th-century bankers who helped to define the American dream
Credit Suisse axes top bosses’ bonuses after biggest loss since financial crisis Swiss bank is cutting 9,000 jobs in restructuring programme after series of scandals
UK MPs and peers find HSBC complicit in Hong Kong human rights abuses Bank sided with China in denying pension payouts to people who fled crackdown, says all-party group
First five-year fixed mortgage under 4% since mini-budget launched by HSBC Britons will be able to fix monthly home loan costs at level below Bank of England base rate