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The FCA is paying attention to how sensitive information is handled at a time when the volume of mergers, and issuance of shares and debt is rising sharply to keep companies afloat

UK watchdog warns banks over remote working rules

Business • 12 Oct

Andrew Bester, CEO of the Co-Operative Bank, is stepping down after just over two years in charge

Co-Operative Bank's CEO Bester resigns

Business • 06 Oct

Up to 1,000 Barclays staff who had returned to office-based working in recent weeks will revert to working from home

UK banks and finance firms revert to home working

Business • 23 Sep

Unfettered direct access to the EU for Britian's financial services sector ends on December 31

Banks told Covid-19 no excuse to delay EU Brexit hubs

Business • 26 Aug

Financial firms have unfettered access the euro zone under transition arrangements that end on December 31

EU watchdog tells UK banks to get ready for full Brexit

Business • 29 Jul

Virgin Money today reported a pre-tax loss of £4m for the six months to March 31, compared to a £50m profit a year earlier

Virgin Money H1 profits erased by coronavirus provision

Business • 06 May

The UK has just a few months to negotiate a trade deal with the EU that would come into effect in January to avoid a cliff-edge in business activity

Banks dust off no-deal Brexit plans ahead of deadline

Business • 30 Apr

The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority said it expected UK banks to focus on continuing to support customers

UK banks told to use excess capital to help customers

Business • 20 Apr

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered and the British arm of Spain's Santander have all halted dividends

UK banks scrap dividends on coronavirus fears

Business • 01 Apr

Bank of England says that banks are essential for civil and commercial functions

Bank of England tells UK banks to stay open

Business • 24 Mar

Virgin Money said the banking industry still faced uncertainty over how the UK will set terms to trade with the European Union after Brexit

Virgin Money loan book grows despite Brexit uncertainty

Business • 28 Jan

Major UK banks are set to make a fresh push for access to the European Union

UK banks push for new EU access plan after UK election

Business • 13 Dec 19

The EU is Britain's biggest financial services export market, worth £26 billion in 2017

UK bankers brace for Brexit mayhem 10 days early

Business • 09 Oct 19

UK banks are setting aside more money for PPI following a rush of claims against mis-selling of the insurance

Lloyds warns PPI could cost it an extra £1.8 billion

Business • 09 Sep 19

UK banks have largely played up the resilience of businesses since the June 2016 Brexit decision

UK banks say business investment slows ahead of Brexit

Business • 15 Jul 19

Calls for UK government to create a new, formal body made up of regulators, government officials and the Bank of England governor to set out a positive vision for the finance industry

UK bankers call for more support after Brexit

Business • 20 Jun 19

Under new FCA rules, UK banks and building societies will have to charge the same amount for all overdrafts from April 2020

UK watchdog shakes up 'dysfunctional' overdraft market

Business • 07 Jun 19

Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside extra cash to help customers to get through Brexit

Banks extend UK plc's overdraft ahead of Brexit

Business • 27 Nov 18

The UK financial services industry has found little to celebrate in the draft plan May's cabinet agreed

Brexit accord leaves British finance out in the cold

Business • 15 Nov 18

Credit rating agency warns on impact of disorderly Brexit

UK banks risk ratings downgrades in disorderly Brexit

Business • 12 Oct 18

EU banking, insurance and markets watchdogs have already warned their respective sectors to be ready for a hard Brexit

UK watchdog tells banks to prepare for hard Brexit

Business • 19 Jul 18

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney believes the EBA's comments earlier this week were 'incomplete'

Bank of England hits back over banks' Brexit readiness

Business • 27 Jun 18

Luxembourg's finance minister Pierre Gramegna wants to revamp the EU's current 'equivalence' system

UK banks must be realistic about EU access after Brexit

Business • 03 May 18

The proposals would leave London's vast financial services with limited ability to sell many of their services to European companies

EU to propose limited market access for UK-based banks

Business • 07 Mar 18

Michel Barnier, the EU's Brexit negotiator

EU holding line against passporting for UK banks

Business • 31 Jan 18

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