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  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    UK banks
    UK banks resisted BoE calls for dividend cuts 

    Central bank forced to make threats of supervisory action if lenders did not fall into line

  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    City InsiderMatthew Vincent
    Banks browbeaten on dividends

    It has taken more than subtle hints to persuade lenders to stop payouts

  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
    UK banks
    British lenders suspend dividends after BoE pressure

    Supervisor also asks chiefs to cancel cash bonuses for top earners

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
    Noakes’ election triumphalism is a tweet too far

    Tory peer and RBS non-exec removes Gina Miller comment

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Top banking regulator stresses UK should not be ‘rule taker’ post-Brexit
  • Sunday, 15 July, 2018
    UK insurance industry
    New equity release rules ‘could raise mortgage prices’

    Insurers warn over regulator’s proposal on holding higher capital reserves

  • Thursday, 19 April, 2018
    Brexit
    Brexit details taking too long, warns City chief

    Call to look at fallback options owing to ‘hard boiled attitudes’ in EU

  • Thursday, 19 April, 2018
    Financial job losses
    Bank of England more optimistic on risk of City exodus post Brexit
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2018
    Financials
    UK financial regulator defends priorities

    Treasury Select Committee has pushed for more focus on promoting competition from PRA

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  • Monday, 5 February, 2018
    Banks
    BoE’s rising star looks to make Brexit mark

    Sam Woods, PRA chief who made his name as a lively fix-it man, talks of the challenges ahead

  • Sunday, 4 February, 2018
    Brexit
    BoE deputy warns against Brexit ‘bonfire of regulations’

    Supervisor cautions on push for more competitive banking regime

  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2018
    Brexit
    Investment bank regulation flagged as next Brexit flashpoint

    European peers take more sceptical view around benefits of international markets

  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2018
    UK banks
    BoE predicts ‘entirely manageable’ impact on banks from Carillion failure
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2018
    Insurance
    BoE warns of ‘point of tension’ in Brexit talks over financial services ‘mindsets’
  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
    Brexit
    BoE proposes deal to ease Brexit derivatives worries

    Agreement needed for cross-border contracts, banking supervisor tells Lords

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
    UK financial regulation
    BoE calls for Brexit withdrawal bill to address cross-border financial contracts
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2017
    EU financial regulation
    BoE urges EU bank regulators to join forces on Brexit

    PRA chief says British banks will become more complex and risky

  • Friday, 29 September, 2017
    Brexit
    UK regulator weighs temporary licences for overseas groups

    FCA looks at options to enable companies to operate in London after UK quits EU

  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2017
    The FT ViewBrexit
    A stark warning on the cost of Brexit indecision

    The financial sector will soon have to act on a worst-case scenario

  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2017
    Brexit
    Bank watchdog warns of cliff-edge Brexit risks

    Sam Woods issues starkest alert yet on stability threats to financial system

  • Monday, 10 July, 2017
    UK business & economy
    BoE warns UK banks on accounting practices

    PRA chief Sam Woods says lenders should ‘expect questions’ on balance sheet trickery

  • Monday, 10 July, 2017
    World
    BoE warns banks against using tricks to dodge regulations
  • Sunday, 21 May, 2017
    Financial & markets regulation
    Solvency II data reveal insurers’ capital health

    UK groups come out worse than European peers when stripping out temporary measures

  • Sunday, 26 February, 2017
    UK financial regulation
    BoE official warns against ‘light-touch’ regulation

    Sam Woods says moves to retreat on bank rules are ‘misguided’

  • Thursday, 9 February, 2017
    World
    BoE issues rare £26m fine to Japan’s biggest bank
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