Small businesses on the brink as banks delay 250,000 ‘bounce back’ loans
NatWest group, which includes RBS, received 290,041 applications and approved 231,164 with a fifth of businesses (58,877) cut off from...
Analysis
Disney posts first loss in two decades despite lockdown streaming boom
Disney has posted its first loss in almost two decades after the coronavirus crisis created a perfect storm for the...
BP imagines a cleaner future but can dream bigger still
Annual low carbon investment will be fired up to around $5bn a year, a 10-fold jump on current levels. That...
City under pressure to curb cascade of illicit Russian cash
Ben Cowdock, co-author of the report, says change will be a “slow burner”, adding: "The culture in a lot of...
Financial lifeboat scheme extends deposit protection amid bank failure fears
Savers are to be offered greater protection against bank failures, amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic has increased the likelihood...
How to negotiate a once-in-a-lifetime discount off your dream home
What will happen to house prices as lockdown restrictions ease? In this three-part series, we look at how the pandemic...
Covid-19 is the last straw for Europe’s broken banking system
A report by consultants Oliver Wyman estimates that credit losses for European banks could reach €830bn over the next three...
Negative rates will do more harm than good for the UK economy
But the Governor will be cautious before sinking his own fangs into UK savers, as there are so many good...
Where first-time buyers are being caught out by the stamp duty holiday trap
Competing with investors Before Mr Sunak temporarily changed the rules, first-time buyers purchasing homes worth £500,000 or less already had...
Why the UK was left out of Microsoft’s offer to buy TikTok
Microsoft is in talks to split up TikTok, the Chinese viral video sharing app, in a deal aimed at appeasing President...
