31 items found
Santander abruptly pulls out of a deal to buy more than 300 branches of Royal Bank of Scotland amid qustions about why the deal fell apart after more than two years.
With private rents reaching a new high, a charity warns that families are being left trapped in the unstable and expensive rental market.
Average house prices in the UK in August reached a new high, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But will a thriving market push properties even further out of some people’s reach?
The raid on Barclays is shocking on two levels: the physical breach of security, and the technology flaws that led to the theft of £1.3m. Barclays now faces serious questions on both fronts.
As Britain’s banks “pad up” their capital ratios, Economics Editor explores if RBS, bailed out by the taxpayer, should be able to use its losses to not pay tax?
The City regulator says Britain’s banks still need to raise £27bn to withstand future shocks. Worst off is the taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland, which is told it has a gap of £13.6bn to plug.
Britain’s largest mutual bank pulls out of a deal to buy 600 Lloyds bank branches, leaving the high street to the big four banks. But does it signal the end of the ethical banking revolution?
Will the Post Office’s plans to launch current accounts bring more competition to high street banking?
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.
Nearly nine out of 10 Britons want bankers put in jail if found guilty of fraud or manipulating financial markets, a new survey claims.
The bottom line is that Bank of England figures for growth rates in lending to small firms have been in a downward spiral since 2009 and are showing no signs of improvement.
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.
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?
Hotels are charging premiums of up to 300 per cent to families staying in London during the Olympics, according to new research.
David Cameron said that “billions of extra money” has been spent on supporting businesses to export, but FactCheck can’t find it.