Banking

International credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), has downgraded Britain’s banking sector. The agency is downgrading Britain’s banking industry

Shares in Barclays fell by as much as 5 per cent on Tuesday after it emerged that the Qatar Holding, a

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is “appalled” that some financial firms are continuing – or even extending – their

A creditors’ report from the administrators of Heritable Bank, the UK arm of failed bank Landsbanki, has announced that British

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a pre-tax profit of £3.13 billion – the highest ever full-year earnings reported by a

Barclays Bank has agreed a deal to sell its iShares asset management business as it looks to raise cash and

Mr Brown insists the government does not want to punish banking staff Limits are to be agreed on staff bonuses

Moody’s, the ratings agency, has downgraded Lloyds Banking Group’s bank deposit and senior debt ratings sending its shares plummeting even

Risk managers at HBOS were discouraged from challenging business decisions, a former employee has told BBC News. Anthony Smith said