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Royal Bank of Scotland has tumbled to a loss in the third quarter after taking a £900 million hit for payment protection insurance (PPI) claims. The...

Barclays has pledged not to close branches in remote areas of the UK or where it is the last bank in town for the...

Belgian prosecutors have reached a settlement worth nearly €300m with a Swiss private banking branch of HSBC over a longstanding fraud and tax-dodging case. The...

HSBC chief executive John Flint has stepped down after the bank said it believed a change was needed “to meet the challenges” it faces. The...

Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled a bumper £1.7 billion payout for shareholders, delivering a surprise windfall for the British taxpayer. The bank announced a...

Bank of England policymakers are set to hold interest rates but slash economic growth forecasts on Thursday as fears of a cliff-edge Brexit mount. The...

The pound is heading for its worst month for nearly three years as it continues to tumble amid mounting fears over Boris Johnson’s hard-line...

The German government said it has not decided who it wants to succeed Christine Lagarde as the next head of the International Monetary Fund...

Five banks handed a €1.07bn fine for taking part in a foreign exchange spot-trading cartel, the European Commission has announced. Barclays and Royal Bank of...

Switzerland’s central bank has unveiled a redesigned version of its 1,000-franc (€881) note. The Swiss National Bank said the overhauled version of its highest-denomination note...