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The businessman seeking to halt the extradition of Babar Ahmad to the US on terror charges tells Channel 4 News why he hopes to bring a private prosecution against him.
A survey by the consumer charity Which? finds that all major high street banks score below average for customer satisfaction despite dominating the retail banking market.
Current account customers are being charged up to £900 a year for being overdrawn without permission, which “shatters the myth” of free banking.
Taxpayer-owned RBS lost £1.5bn in the first half of the year after an IT meltdown and setting aside funds to compensate customers mis-sold financial products. It now faces fines for Libor rigging.
The government’s new scheme to encourage bank lending is the latest attempt to kick-start the economy and a stagnant housing market. But will it help those trying to get on the housing ladder?
NatWest and Nationwide confirm their banking operations have returned to normal after thousands of customers had problems with online banking and debit cards.
The Co-op is riding the ethical banking wave by taking over 632 Lloyds banking group branches. But what makes a bank ethical, and what else is on offer in the UK? Channel 4 News investigates.
An ex-employee of RBS warned 18 months ago that outsourcing the company’s computer systems to India would create “enormous risk” at the state-funded bank, Channel 4 News learns.
Sir Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, today used the continuing IT meltdown at RBS and NatWest to criticise the structure of the bailed-out banking group. He had stern words for RBS’s management, saying that the FSA should carry out a “full investigation” of the week-long computer problems.
RBS’s computer meltdown is being blamed on a computer software upgrade. Channel 4 News looks at what appears to be a human error – but one that could affect millions of customers.
RBS boss Stephen Hester says his bank is on the path to recovery after last week’s computer glitch. But he pledges that senior executives, including himself, will be held accountable for the chaos.
Stephen Hester, chief executive of RBS, apologises after a computer glitch at high street bank NatWest leaves hundreds of thousands of customers unable to complete transactions is fixed.
With Greece in turmoil, Spanish banks under pressure and the future of the euro at stake, Channel 4 News looks at five approaches to managing a possible break-up of the single currency.
As the government launches a new programme for people who cannot raise the big deposits many mortgage lenders expect, Channel 4 News takes a close look at the NewBuy scheme.
With mortgage costs rising for 850,000 borrowers, housing campaigners are warning that poverty and homelessness are set to increase.