The Bank of England funding for landlords scheme?
As new figures show a rise in mortgage lending is more down to buy-to-letters than first-time buyers, where is the public debate about the effect of government intervention in the mortgage market?
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As new figures show a rise in mortgage lending is more down to buy-to-letters than first-time buyers, where is the public debate about the effect of government intervention in the mortgage market?
Chancellor George Osborne is left isolated as he attempts to water down EU plans to limit bankers’ bonuses.
After 20 years on the run in the US, British thief “Fast Eddie” Maher has been jailed for five years. His daughter-in-law turned him in when she learned about the reward money on his head.
Siobhan Kennedy uncovers some numbers in the Barclays accounts which suggest that – on bonuses at least – the bank might not “get it” in the way its chief executive promises after all.
Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins says he is “shredding” Bob Diamond’s legacy as he tells MPs that bonuses will be cut to compensate people wrongly sold financial products.
Hilco UK acquires HMV’s £176m debt, giving it control of the retailer and reigniting prospects of the store’s survival, as HMV gift vouchers are now being accepted again.
Top executives at Lloyds TSB were warned that payment protection insurance was being mis-sold four years before they stopped selling the product, it is revealed.
As HMV enters administration, Channel 4 News examines whether this is the end for the 92-year-old high street chain – or if it can live on.
From the euro crisis to Facebook’s IPO, Spain’s banks and the fiscal cliff, 2012 was bursting with business news – even knocking the royal baby off the front pages (on occasion). Here’s the countdown.
Banks sold small businesses interest rate swaps to protect them from increases in interest rates. The problem is, hidden penalties began to kick in when the rates tumbled.
Banks are still pressurising staff to sell products which may be unsuitable for customers, despite a number of mis-selling scandals, research from consumer group Which? finds.
No-frills accounts set up to help vulnerable and low-income customers could be threatened by banks cutting back on the services offered through them, a report claims.
The government has been called on to freeze business rates and cut fuel duty to restore consumer confidence as Comet becomes the latest high street retailer to go to the wall.
Barclays can be sued for allegedly mis-selling interest rate swaps while rigging the Libor rate, in a landmark claim seen as a test case for thousands of businesses, a London judge rules.
Nearly nine out of 10 Britons want bankers put in jail if found guilty of fraud or manipulating financial markets, a new survey claims.