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The UK’s subprime credit sector looks increasingly uninvestable Premium

...One of the few left, Vanquis — formerly Provident Financial — has tried to clean up its reputation and become a regular bank funded by its depositors....

March 11, 2024

LexUK banks

Why motor finance could be banking’s next PPI car crash Premium

...The truth is that the impact of regulatory crackdowns — including compensation claims that drove high-cost lenders like Provident Financial and Amigo out of the business — tends to be bigger than initially...

February 15, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

Banking & Savings

Latest National Savings & Investments rates

...Are you getting the best deal on your savings? Check the latest interest rates on National Savings & Investments accounts. See our coverage of the latest savings and investment issues....

April 19, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen

It’s central bank week!

...Central banks take centre stage this week, Benjamin Netanyahu defies western allies over his strategy in Gaza, and the US National Labor Relations Board is facing challenges from some major companies....

March 18, 2024

Global Economy

When will the Bank of Japan next raise interest rates?

...The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off from raising interest rates next week but investors expect the central bank to outline its response to rising inflationary pressures caused by the yen’s decline....

April 21, 2024

Letter

Letter: Four steps to unlock UK social capital potential

...SimmsCEO, P3 Charity Matt SmithCEO, Key Fund Adam SwerskyCEO, Social Finance Nick TempleCEO, Social Investment Business Peter UdaleChair, Responsible Finance Danielle Walker-PalmourDirector, Friends Provident...

April 5, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

Banks

The hedge fund-bank nexus

...The Bank for International Settlement’s latest Quarterly Review is out, and it includes an interesting little aside on prime brokerages, the corner of investment banks that service hedge fund clients....

March 7, 2024

Indian business & finance

India’s central bank bans Kotak Mahindra from signing up digital customers

...India’s central bank has banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from issuing credit cards or taking on new digital and mobile banking customers, marking the regulator’s latest crackdown on the country’s fast-growing...

April 24, 2024

News updates from April 15: US retail sales rise more than expected; Yen falls below ¥154 per dollar

The week ahead: The World Bank and IMF start spring meetings

...Hello and welcome to the working week. It’s set to be an exciting few days for economists. The IMF and the World Bank kick off their joint spring meeting on Monday in Washington....

April 14, 2024

UK economy

Bracing for the Bank of England’s forecasting review

...Meanwhile, the Bank of England MPC consists of nine policy makers and a common staff....

April 5, 2024

On Wall StreetWilliam Cohan

The bank argument on the Basel III endgame is bunk

...And the banks are fighting hard....

March 23, 2024

Due Diligence

The investment bank being dubbed ‘Goldman North’ Premium

...Job moves Deutsche Bank’s head of corporate and investment banking for the Americas James Davies is leaving the group....

March 13, 2024

The Week Ahead

Spring is in the air

...He replaces Sir Howard Davies who steps down at the end of his term just as the bank undertakes an ambitious reorganisation US: IMF and World Bank start their spring meeting Results: Charles Schwab Q1,...

April 14, 2024

News in-depthBank of England

Ben Bernanke’s brutal verdict on the Bank of England

..., a former staffer at the central bank who is now research director at the Resolution Foundation think- tank....

April 12, 2024

Banks

The $1tn ‘hold-to-maturity’ sleight-of-accounting

...Instead of hedging the market value risk of bank asset declines, banks used accounting reclassification to diminish the impact of interest rate increases on book capital....

April 3, 2024

FT Live

Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers

The FT ViewThe editorial board

The Bank of Japan’s tricky path to normalisation

...But on Tuesday, after eight years in the negative, the Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda pulled it off in smooth style....

March 20, 2024

The FT ViewThe editorial board

The Bernanke review is only a starting point

...Few central banks have emerged from the past three years of inflation fighting with the same credibility they had before. The Bank of England has had a particularly hard time....

April 12, 2024

LexDeutsche Bank AG

Why Deutsche Bank won’t lead European bank consolidation Premium

...True, the fragmented European bank sector could use some consolidation. But that has long been the case....

January 15, 2024

News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war

The Israeli settlers shrugging off sanctions to menace the West Bank

...The US and others fear the heightened tensions in the West Bank could trigger an even wider conflict between Israel and the Palestinians....

March 20, 2024

HTSIThe HTSI Paris special

Inside Thierry Gillier’s art-filled Left Bank home

...Where that residence reflected the grander scale of the cityscape in the 16th arrondissement, this one captures the charm of the Left Bank, with its narrow, cobblestone streets, antique stores, flower shops...

March 22, 2024

Trade Secrets

Ajay Banga tries to build a better World Bank Premium

...’s choice to revamp the bank....

April 15, 2024

Letter

Letter: Where the European Investment Bank is on the defensive

...You recently reported on how the new president of the European Investment Bank had signalled an openness to invest more in defence, and that some EU states had proposed that the EIB should finance weapons...

March 1, 2024

Toby Nangle

Singapore has lessons for countries worrying about debt

...The government’s solution to this reserve glut has been to issue close to 40 per cent of GDP in non-marketable debt to the central bank....

March 28, 2024

Instant InsightRobin Harding

The big test is yet to come for the Bank of Japan

...Apathy and anticlimax are what a central bank aspires to when the time comes for a momentous policy decision....

March 19, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

Bank of Japan ditches negative rates

...Microsoft has hired the co-founder of Google’s DeepMind, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, and leading European and UK artificial intelligence start-ups have been lobbied...

March 20, 2024

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