Financial services

European banks face tough dislosure rules

By New Statesman - 20 February 9:37

EU member states say that the disclosure rules are unworkable.

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Cameron urges RBS to speed up reforms

By New Statesman - 19 February 10:23

The bank must now complete its restructuring.

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Business quote of the day: "Companies would get round it"

By Helen Roxburgh - 18 February 13:45

KPMG has little time for the Chancellor's plans to clamp down on tax avoidance.

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Tullett Prebon dragged into Libor scandal

By New Statesman - 15 February 9:11

London-listed broker "involved in conversations" over Libor.

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Giuseppe Orsi arrest highlights Italian politics' odd relationship with business

By Sara Perria - 12 February 17:06

Finmeccanica chief arrested.

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Anthony Jenkins on legs. Photograph: Getty Images

Barclays cuts: Anthony Jenkins tries to please everyone, pleases no-one

By Martha Gill - 12 February 11:43

Barclays cuts are a balancing act.

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Barclays to cut 3,700 jobs

By New Statesman - 12 February 9:01

Cost cutting.

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Regulations come down hard on UK small banks

By New Statesman - 11 February 9:15

Glass ceiling.

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EU proposes rescue plan for Cyprus

By New Statesman - 11 February 8:45

Willl involve radical cull of country's financial sector.

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Mark Carney, the incoming governor of the Bank of England.

The challenges facing Mark Carney at the Bank of England

By David Blanchflower - 07 February 16:38

The new Bank of England governor doesn’t start until July but he has some important decisions to make before then.

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Hidden charges: the next big scandal for banks?

By Josh Spero - 07 February 10:45

The high cost of banks' lack of transparency.

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Ireland will liquidate Anglo Irish Bank

By New Statesman - 07 February 10:30

Votes through emergency legislation.

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A businessman pauses to check his phone outside the Bank of England.

The Age of Entitlement

By Bryan Appleyard - 07 February 8:05

The new super-rich have no allegiance, obligation or connection to wider society. They live in a mirror-lined bubble – and a legally entitled one. Can anything beyond another crash change things?

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Vince Cable to bring back RBS privatisation plan

By New Statesman - 06 February 10:30

George Osborne to ensure that stake in RBS reaches private hands.

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Printing money within limits will not lead to inflation, says Lord Turner

By New Statesman - 06 February 10:10

Calls for “intellectual clarity”.

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UBS shakes up pay scheme

By New Statesman - 05 February 10:30

Becomes first bank to follow the EU commission recommendations.

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Osborne's ring fence will be made of cheese wire

By New Statesman - 04 February 11:30

Power to break up the banks.

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400ms of insider information

By Alex Hern - 04 February 10:52

High frequency (insider) trading.

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Osborne warns of break up of British banks

By New Statesman - 04 February 10:40

The proposed ring fence move would create “uncertainty for investors”, says the British Bankers’ Association.

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European investment banks to reduce bonus pools

By New Statesman - 04 February 10:33

Pressure from regulators, investors, and politicians.

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Got the blues: Lawson encourages Osborne to act tough. Photograph: Getty Images

Fully nationalise RBS, says Nigel Lawson

By New Statesman - 01 February 9:20

Banks' threats to leave the UK are "a load of nonsense", says the former chancellor.

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UK authorities examining Barclays Qatar loan in 2008

By - 01 February 8:17

Yet another blow to the British investment bank’s image.

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FTSE 100 executives will see no increase in their annual bonuses this year. Phot

“Calls from shareholders for pay and bonus restraint appear to have hit home”

By Helen Roxburgh - 28 January 10:51

Business quote of the day.

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A protester wears an "Atos Out" sign during a demonstration at the DWP

The Shadow State: The "dehumanising, degrading" treatment of disabled people

By Alan White - 23 January 12:51

One woman with Crohn's told to work in a nappy; another with 90 per cent burns declared fit to work. No wonder the Work Capability Assessment, administered by Atos, has been declared "unfit for purpose".

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