Banking

Action follows European Commission ruling that lenders had broken EU competition law

Colourfully-nicknamed robber has hit four East Coast banks

Analysts say lender struggled to adjust to aftermath of financial crash

London-based digital bank smashes past £2bn following fresh funding from US

MPs fear large sections of society could face ‘financial exclusion’

‘False rumours’ on Whatsapp prompted long queues in some branches amid fears over deposit boxes

Leaked internal report shows German lender expects significant brand damage

Biometric payment system will allow customers to spend more than £30 using contactless cards

MPs and regulators warn closure of free-to-use cash machines in rural areas leave customers isolated

German police swoop on Frankfurt offices following money laundering claims

Government crackdown to make it harder to spend illegal cash

Anti-fraud measure aims to cut down on authorised push payment scams

All five of the UK’s largest banks have been sanctioned for money laundering offences within the last decade

‘Cruel scam’ used to steal £145m from UK bank customers in first half of 2018

The Week looks at the lasting economic, political and social consequences of the 2008 crisis

Former PM Gordon Brown warns that problems surrounding the 2008 crash remain unresolved

Staff to hold cocktail and canapé get-together a decade after bank collapse sparked economic crisis

Ten years on from the financial crisis, survey finds trust for banking system in short supply

Royal Bank of Scotland comes joint-bottom in the new personal banking league table, and last for business banking

British banks have been warned their ATMs could be mass-hacked by cyber criminals ‘in the coming days’

Mortgage holders facing payment hikes as Bank’s rate hits 0.75% - the highest in almost a decade

US regulators impose $4.9bn penalty and pave way for Government to sell its 70% stake

Move comes days after taxpayer-owned bank announced 206% rise in profits

Bank boss ‘sorry’ for IT chaos that has left customers unable to access accounts or make payments

Bank blames low number of women in senior roles for massive discrepancy

US Treasury accuses Baltic nation’s third-largest bank of money laundering

Serious Fraud Office allege 2008 bailout money was used to provide ‘unlawful financial assistance’

Lessons learned from Lehman collapse prompt ‘blanket guarantee no major institution will be allowed to fail’

Ex-MP says callous banking tactics following 2008 crash drove small business owners to suicide

Cryptocurrency facing crunch point as price nears $10,000

Lord Cromwell says UK should follow the American system of compensating those who speak out

The Bank of England says up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in UK financial services

The investigation adds fire to a long-running tax dispute between the two countries

Recent concessions on transfers from retail banks and cross-selling have been welcomed by the sector

Barriers to opening accounts may be 'unnecessarily high' for women in developing countries

Boss admits stockmarket listing is some way off as losses likely to continue for two years