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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      UK financial regulation
      City minister tells UK regulators to allow more risk-taking

      Speaking at FT Global Banking Summit, Bim Afolami says watchdogs should not aim to oversee ‘safest graveyard’

      Bim Afolami
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Lloyds Banking Group PLC
      Lloyds boss calls for more UK green investment

      Charlie Nunn tells FT Global Banking Summit companies are putting money elsewhere due to climate measures

      Charlie Nunn, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Banks
      UBS chair aims for ‘bloodless coup’ with Ermotti succession

      Colm Kelleher sets target to compile shortlist for one of biggest roles in global banking

      Sergio Ermotti, pictured in August 2023
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Barclays PLC
      Barclays explores plan to drop thousands of investment banking clients

      Project Minerva also examined more radical options including raising capital for an acquisition

      Barclays’ chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt plans sale of NatWest stake to retail investors

      UK chancellor will consider option ‘subject to market conditions and achieving value for money’

      People walking outside a NatWest branch
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Telegraph Media Group Ltd
      UK government ‘minded’ to probe Telegraph deal over Abu Dhabi links

      Redbird IMI plans to offer further assurances to ensure independence of the newspaper

      UK culture minister Lucy Frazer
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Telegraph auction paused while Lloyds reviews RedBird IMI offer

      Former minister David Davis among those calling for greater scrutiny of proposed deal

      Copy of the Daily Telegraph
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Zucker’s RedBird IMI offers to take over Telegraph in debt for equity deal

      Abu Dhabi-backed group run by former CNN boss agrees to help Barclay family pay off its loans

      A copy of The Daily Telegraph
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      Hedge fund Qube denies making £670mn short bet against HSBC

      Firm declared position in filing to Financial Conduct Authority but subsequently blamed a technical error

      People walking outside an HSBC branch
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Media
      Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI backs latest Barclay offer for the Telegraph

      Investor run by former CNN boss offers to help finance deal as German publisher Axel Springer pulls out of auction

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can Barclays move beyond scandal and stagnation?

      Chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan hopes a strategic review of the business can fix years of troubles at the British bank

      Cutout photo of Barclays group CEO CS Venkatakrishnan against a background of an image of a Barclaycard, the Barclays building in Canary Wharf and dot graph lines
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Bank of England
      Bank of England to model major bond market shock

      Central bank’s exercise aimed at understanding how ‘severe stress scenario’ could affect financial sector

      The Bank of England
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      NatWest Group
      Ex-NatWest chief Rose to forfeit £7.6mn payout after Farage scandal

      Former boss of government-backed lender will forego £4.7mn in unvested share awards and a bonus of up to £2.9mn

      Alison Rose
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Telegraph Media Group Ltd
      Lloyds rebuffs Barclay family’s latest £1bn attempt to regain Telegraph

      Family had turned to Abu Dhabi to back its latest offer to regain control of UK newspaper group

      A customer buys a copy of the Daily Telegraph
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC chief says worst is over for China real estate

      Crisis-hit sector had ‘deep’ correction but can now recover, says Noel Quinn

      HSBC logo
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      NatWest Group
      NatWest hit by outlook cut and Farage probe

      Shares suffer biggest fall since Brexit vote as bank reduces guidance on margins

      A montage showing Dame Alison Rose, left, and Nigel Farage, right, against the Coutts logo
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Standard Chartered PLC
      StanChart shares tumble after China exposure hits profits

      UK lender’s third-quarter earnings come in below analysts’ forecasts, partly due to $900mn of China-linked charges

      Standard Chartered bank logo
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      NatWest Group
      Ex-NatWest CEO breached data laws during Farage account scandal

      ICO regulator finds Alison Rose disclosed confidential and misleading information to journalist in ‘debanking’ row

      Nigel Farage
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Lloyds Banking Group PLC
      Lloyds beats profit forecast on higher interest rates and drop in defaults

      Impairment charge for potential bad loans falls to £187mn from £668mn last year

      A Lloyds branch in Woking, UK
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Bank bonuses
      UK axes cap on bankers’ bonuses

      Move aimed at boosting City will abolish EU rule that limits payouts to twice base salary

      City of London skyline
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Barclays PLC
      Barclays shares drop on falling profits and gloomy outlook

      Chief executive also warns of ‘material’ cost cuts to come as part of a strategic review concluding early next year

      Two people with their backs to the camera use an ATM at a Barclays branch
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Revolut Ltd
      Will Revolut ever get a British banking licence?

      The fintech’s share simplification deal with SoftBank removes just one regulatory concern

      A montage of a photo of Nikolay Storonsky, logos of FCA and Bank of England and a Revolut card
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Lloyds pushes on with Telegraph auction despite new Barclay offer

      Family increases bid to £1bn as bank prepares for sale of newspaper and Spectator magazine

      Daily Telegraph and Spectator magazine spread on a table
    • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
      Banco Santander SA
      Santander prepares $250mn expansion of investment bank

      Spanish lender has embarked on aggressive hiring plan as US rivals prepare for job cuts

      Ana Botin
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Nigel Farage
      Farage moves accounts to Lloyds after Coutts ‘debanking’ scandal

      Elite private bank had jettisoned former Ukip leader as a client in part because of his politics

      Nigel Farage speaking at a party conference
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