Why do UK banks seem so optimistic despite the cost of living crisis?

Analysis: High street lenders have shrugged off their concerns, announcing payouts for investors

HSBC boss hits back at calls for breakup of business from investor

Noel Quinn says such a move would come with ‘material costs’ and ‘high risk of failure’

A few short years after the financial crash, oil, food and flights were affordable again. But this downturn looks much darker

Bank to give dividend to shareholders despite dip in second-quarter profits and economic ‘uncertainty’

Shell could afford to allocate far greater sums to investment but is choosing not to do so

About 8% of borrowers – 130,000 firms – have so far failed to repay government-backed emergency loans

Chief executive announces external review into mistake and says appropriate action will be taken

Tweaks suggested by Sunak and Truss will create longer-term problems. The need for a third support package is inescapable

Families spending on average £89 more a month on energy, food and fuel than before pandemic, says bank

Thomas Gottstein steps down in latest high-level departure and will be replaced by Ulrich Körner

FCA’s new rules are expected to help reduce call wait times, end rip-off charges and make it easier to change investments

She has learning disabilities and her regular bank, where she gets help from staff, is closing this month

‘Landmark’ for eight-year-old British enterprise as it turns £14m loss into £32m annual profit helped by Covid loans

Brent crude prices pushed past $100 per barrel after US president Joe Biden failed to secure output hike agreements with the world’s top oil exporter

Company says it was faced with ‘run on the bank’ amid ‘cryptopocalypse’ as investors raced to withdraw assets