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  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Mortgages
    Biggest UK banks sign up to low-deposit mortgage guarantee scheme

    Chancellor says initiative will address ‘significant barrier’ to joining housing ladder

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  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK financial regulation
    UK fintech bosses warn new rules will stifle start-ups

    Tension brews between government view of sector as ‘strategically important’ and FCA duty to protect customers

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    UK Budget
    UK to launch mortgage guarantee scheme

    Treasury will guarantee portion of loans on homes in England worth up to £600,000

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    London fights for its future
    ‘Digital big bang’ needed if UK fintech to compete, says review

    Kalifa calls for sweeping changes to listing regime, new visa rules to draw talent, and a growth fund

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Lloyds Banking Group PLC
    Lloyds boosted by sharp fall in bad loan provisions

    UK retail bank beats analysts’ forecasts and aims to double profitability this year

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    NatWest Group
    NatWest posts slim quarterly profit and confirms retreat from Ireland

    Bank swings to £351m annual loss despite lower than forecast fourth-quarter provisions for bad loans

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    NatWest Group
    NatWest to pull out of Ireland and focus on UK market

    Exit of third-largest bank will concentrate role of Irish government in the sector

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Oaknorth Bank Plc
    SoftBank-backed lender OakNorth hit with almost £100m of defaults

    Bank that boasted of its superior record on bad loans hit by soured property lending, FT research shows

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
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    UK banking resolution scheme opens for business

    BBRS will initially cover seven lenders and try to solve disputes dating back to 2001

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    UK start-ups set their sights on regional banking revival

    New wave of challengers argue major banks have lost touch with local businesses

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    UK financial regulation
    Bank of England plans break from EU with tougher bank capital rule

    Five biggest UK lenders will suffer €3.6bn hit from proposed change to software treatment

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ING Groep NV
    ING pledges to raise payouts after bad loan woes ease

    Chief executive confident Dutch bank will ‘capture growth again’ when economies recover

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    UK financial regulation
    Banks set for clash with UK regulator over ringfencing rules

    Industry wants an easing of the post-crisis restrictions that keep retail and investment operations apart

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    UK banks
    Early UK fintech Cashplus becomes fully fledged bank

    Move by company will cut funding costs as it seeks to compete with rivals such as Monzo

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Banco Santander SA
    Santander reports first-ever annual loss

    Eurozone’s largest retail bank forecasts rebound in profitability in 2021

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Virgin Money PLC
    Virgin Money returns to profit after years of losses

    UK bank benefits from influx of deposits as customer spending falls

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Fintech
    Why US neobanks thrived while Europeans lost steam Premium

    The US neobank market has some inherent advantages compared to any single European country

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Personal Finance
    The coming squeeze on free banking

    With interest rates ultra-low, lenders will seek new ways to make money from retail customers

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    JPMorgan ventures into UK retail banking with digital-only launch

    Wall Street lender follows similar foray by Goldman and joins local start-ups Monzo and Starling

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    Mastercard to increase fees for UK purchases from EU

    Departure from single market spells end for Brussels-mandated cap on transaction levies

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    Funding mega-rounds highlight investor ‘fomo’ Premium

    Would-be Stripe rivals Checkout.com and Rapyd raise $750m in a week

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    Funding Circle Holdings PLC
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    Business lending platform receives boost from government loan schemes

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
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    Smaller chains such as Iceland do not have sufficient security to confront rule breakers

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    Coronavirus economic impact
    Debt collectors want bigger role in recovering bounce back loans

    UK Treasury under growing pressure to minimise taxpayer losses from the scheme

  • Saturday, 2 January, 2021
    Climate change
    UK banks to launch wave of green products

    Britain’s biggest lenders under fire for slow response to global warming

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