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Increased capital market activity drove stronger earnings and increased profitability for major US banks in the third quarter of last year, according to ratings agency Fitch Ratings. Fitch said

British lender Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LON:LLOY) on Wednesday said it had struck a deal to dispose of a portfolio of private equity investments to a fund of

On Saturday afternoon BBC’s Radio 4 reached the halfway point in a new series looking at what is wrong with British banking and how it might be repaired. ‘Fixing

The British financial services industry spent more than £92m last year lobbying politicians and regulators in an ‘economic war of attrition’ that has secured a string of policy

The UK government is expected to announce a review of the banking industry later today, after Barclays plc (LSE:BARC) was fined for trying to manipulate the London Inter-Bank

The chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said today that he has decided not to take a bonus for this year. Stephen Hester's decision follows a

Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King said today that action is needed to reform the structure and culture of the UK banking industry. His comments came after the

Traditionally a treasure chest of good news for the financial and banking world, Dubai is boasting more positive data these days, according to reports by HSBC and

Worries over the situation in Greece and Spain sent shares down on the opening on Friday, with Spain's blue chip index falling by over 2% before recovering,