Business News
US launches $400bn Libor case
The US government has filed what could be the largest Libor scandal- related lawsuit yet against some of Britain’s biggest lende...
Corporations
Banks fear Amazon could drag them under
Tech giants are targeting lenders’ lucrative card transaction charge business...
Small Businesses
Small business optimism at lowest level since Brexit vote
Optimism among smaller companies is at its lowest level since the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, the Federation of Small ...
Small Businesses
Businesses turn to Post Office as banks flee
The economic landscape in rural communities is changing as mainstream banking facilities are withdrawn...
Credits and Loans
Why a perfect credit record may not get you the lowest rates
Hundreds of thousands of creditworthy consumers may be being unfairly denied personal loans, according to an MP who was refused th...
Credits and Loans
If student loan reform led to a tax cut, the Tories could be onto something
Rattled by the high turnout for the Labour Party among young people, especially university students, at the last election, the Con...
Mortgages
Coveney in crosshairs as investors shun mortgage-to-rent scheme
Minister accused of putting leadership battle ahead of housing reforms...
Mortgages
Looking for the silver bullet
Are ministers aiming in the right direction by getting private equity firms involved in the mortgage to rent scheme, asks Niall Br...
Financial Topics
Solving the sub-prime crisis does not mean that the threat has gone
In the rush to reform banks over the past decade, to end too-big-to-fail, correct warped bonus incentives and inject ethics into t...
Financial Topics
High-flyer SSP shows no signs of slowing
When a company, and its shares, have done as well as SSP’s since its stock market debut in summer 2014, investors are inclined ...