Banking

UK borrowers may struggle to repay debt as economy worsens, says Santander
Bank puts aside more money to protect itself from potential defaults in expected recession
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
02, Feb, 2023 @11:25 AM

Barclays and UBS face questions over Roman Abramovich’s billion-dollar trusts
Exclusive: Leak shows oligarch was a major client of Barclays in Monaco and UBS in Zurich, with at least $940m in assets held at the banks
Harry Davies and Anna Isaac
30, Jan, 2023 @8:13 AM

Dividends from UK-listed firms up 16.5% in 2022, far outstripping pay rises
Rise in share income particularly steep for investors in banks and oil companies
Rob Davies
30, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM

Goldman Sachs boss takes near 30% pay cut as turbulence hits bank
David Solomon’s pay was $25m for 2022, down from $35m in 2021, as investment bank’s profits fall 50% and 3,200 staff laid off
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
27, Jan, 2023 @6:35 PM

Bankers’ pay rises three times as fast as nurses’ since 2008 crash, TUC finds
Government lifted cap on bankers’ bonuses in September, allowing them to ‘help themselves’ to unlimited payouts, TUC said
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
27, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

TSB staff and bosses to share £29.8m bonus pot after record profits
Bank hails successful turnaround from IT meltdown in 2018 with profits up 16.5% to £182.5m
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
26, Jan, 2023 @4:06 PM

Michaela Bergman obituary
Other lives: Public servant who brought great energy to many projects round the world
Itziar Perkins
25, Jan, 2023 @6:15 PM

Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields
Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign
Rupert Jones
25, Jan, 2023 @6:01 AM

My mother was scammed out of £30,000 but Lloyds showed little empathy
The bank didn’t take account that English is not her first language and initially refused to investigate
Zoe Wood
24, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

‘It will affect all of us’: how bank closures have hit one UK town
In a week when several big banks announced they were axing branches, we talk to locals concerned over effect on elderly and vulnerable people
Jess Clark
20, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

Lloyds and Halifax to close 40 bank branches in England and Wales
Full list of site closures, which will start in April and carry on through into June this year
Zoe Wood and agency
20, Jan, 2023 @12:16 PM

Brexit exodus helps drive record number in EU banks paid €1m-plus
Data shows UK banks losing well-paid staff, as Italy, France and Spain make up 70% of rise in EU top earners
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
19, Jan, 2023 @12:41 PM
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