Flash crash set off by ‘fat-fingered’ Citigroup trader could cost $50m

Details emerge after London-based employee incorrectly added a zero to a transaction

Here’s how rocketing rents and unaffordable house prices can be fixed

We have the chance to guarantee the human right to housing – rather than a real-life game of Monopoly. We must take it, says Leilani Farha, former UN special rapporteur on the right to housing

Wells Fargo employees pushing to organize union across bank’s workforce

Third largest bank in the US has faced a series of scandals, from fake accounts to mass overtime pay violations

Former minister accuses Starling Bank over Covid loans

Boss of Starling bank defends its efforts to prevent Covid loan fraud after public attack by Lord Agnew

UK finance ‘faces £340bn in losses’ without action on climate change

Dire warning follows first Bank of England climate stress tests on seven largest lenders

HSBC suspends head of responsible investing who called climate warnings ‘shrill’

Bank investigating Stuart Kirk’s conference speech deriding flooding risks and climate warnings from UN and Bank of England

‘If my £6.5m Kent mansion is sold now it could help fund Putin’s war’

Russian state-linked bank pursuing financier for millions over alleged fraud is not on UK sanctions list

The Bank of England fears worker power, but most are taking a real-terms pay cut

Conditions have improved for a select few but on wages and flexible hours, the trend for employees is generally backwards. Can the rate-setters grasp that?

NatWest’s Sir Howard Davies: ‘I’m quite pessimistic. Brexit was a significant mistake’

The banker and former regulator has seen many crises in his career, but war and political division have him worried

Cash in on cashback: shop around for the best deals

There are plenty of options if you want to switch current accounts or your phone or broadband provider

HSBC pressured to sack banker who discredited climate crisis warnings

Speech by head of responsible investing Stuart Kirk dismissed global heating and joked about flooding risks

Nationwide warns of inflation’s impact on struggling customers

Building society warns people on lower incomes could face ‘significant pressure’

City watchdog to ensure banks provide access to cash across UK

Regulator could fine banks failing to offer withdrawal and deposit facilities within ‘reasonable’ distance

Mastercard launches ‘smile to pay’ system amid privacy concerns

The company’s stab at the biometrics checkout market has raised debate about data storage and tracking

Q&A: the collapse of terra and what it could mean beyond crypto

After the crash of the ‘stablecoin’ sparked panic, could the fall of the wider crypto market lead to a more permanent economic crunch?