Banking

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

Opponents say they fuel extravagant risk-taking, but bankers' bonus season is still a fixture on the financial calendar

200 branches will close as Lloyds moves to 'digitise' retail banking operations – and cut costs

Richard Branson's Virgin Money will become the fourth bank this year to float on the London Stock Exchange

Caps on interchange fees are good for business, but could mean banks pass the cost on to customers

RBS tries to sidestep government rules by paying Ross McEwan an extra £1m 'allowance'

Chief executive Euan Sutherland has stepped down, blaming a lack of ‘professional and commercial governance.

Where to put your savings as interest rates tumble and bull run comes to an end?