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Crypto scammers stole £55,000 from my father

MyCoinBanking was known to Barclays but the bank has only offered to repay him half of what he lost

How Tide’s determined rise cost UK taxpayers millions

The fintech gained a wave of new customers after signing up to the Covid bounce back scheme, but now a third of the loans it made have gone bad

Kwasi Kwarteng assures City of support for Bank of England independence

New chancellor promises City bosses ‘radical’ plan for economic growth and smooths over Truss’s threat to review Bank’s remit

HSBC could lose our visually impaired cyclists their hard-won holiday

The deposit has gone missing between between our club’s account and the hotel in Germany

More ‘banking hubs’ to open across UK to tackle branch and ATM closures

Additional 13 hubs will bring total to 25, where customers of almost any bank can carry out transactions

UK facing 1970s-style balance of payments crisis under Liz Truss

Tax cuts and spending pledges could alarm global markets and trigger a 30% collapse in sterling, Deutsche Bank warns

Credit Suisse weighs up 5,000 job cuts as part of restructuring plan

Proposals involve scaling back the investment bank and reducing more than $1bn in costs

‘It’s a world that’s sometimes nasty and ugly’:​ Industry’s creators on the new series of the banking drama

Konrad Kay and Mickey Down created a cult TV hit in 2020 with their sex- and drug-fuelled investment bank drama. They talk about quitting banking themselves – and spilling the beans

British blue chips are on the rise, but recession could torpedo prospects

The FTSE 100 reveals winners and losers this week – with banks, oil giants and BAE starring. But the good news can’t last

Large firms are consolidating power like Scott Morrison consolidates jobs – and it’s hurting productivity

In a speech today, the assistant minister for competition, Andrew Leigh, will point the finger at big business over the inflation crisis

UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows

Ukrainian campaigners call for immediate end to investments, to cut funds to war and help avoid climate breakdown

UK inflation will hit 18% in early 2023, says leading bank Citi

Forecasts updated after 25% and 7% rally in gas and electricity prices respectively last week

Time to switch your current account? Banks up rewards to lure new customers

This summer is unusually awash with generous incentives to make the change but beware the catch

Industry unites behind plan for crisis fund to control soaring energy bills

A state-backed ‘deficit tariff scheme’ supported by banks would freeze energy bills at their current rate

UK cashless society a step closer as more than 23m people abandon coins

Report predicts cash will account for just 6% of payments within decade, prompting fears millions will be left behind

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