Banking reform

Reeves unveils City strategy aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth

by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2025 | Banking, Banking reform, Business, Economic policy, Financial sector, Investing, Labour, Politics, Rachel Reeves, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

‘Leeds Reforms’ include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in stock marketBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has unveiled a package of City changes meant to cut...

Reeves unveils City reforms aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth

by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2025 | Banking, Banking reform, Business, Financial sector, Investing, Leeds, Lloyds Banking Group, Politics, Rachel Reeves, The Guardian, UK news, West Yorkshire | 0 |

Leeds Reforms include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in the stock marketBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has unveiled a package of City reforms meant to...

Bank of England delays rules designed to avoid banking crash by a year

by The Guardian | Jan 17, 2025 | Bank of England, Banking, Banking reform, Business, Economic policy, Economics, Financial sector, Politics, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Rachel Reeves, Regulators, The Guardian, UK news, US news, World News | 0 |

Latest setback, after talks with Treasury, blamed on lack of clarity about implementation in USBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has delayed the introduction of tougher global banking capital rules by a further...

Labour has no intention of reinstating cap on bankers’ bonuses, says Reeves

by The Guardian | Jan 31, 2024 | Banking, Banking reform, Business, Executive pay and bonuses, Financial sector, Labour, London, Politics, Rachel Reeves, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Shadow chancellor says party aims to be champion of a thriving financial sector if it wins electionBusiness live – latest updatesLabour will not reinstate a cap on bankers’ bonuses if it wins the next election, the shadow...

Climate regulations ‘could trigger banking crisis worse than 2008’

by The Guardian | Jan 12, 2023 | Banking, Banking reform, Business, Climate crisis, Energy, Environment, Financial sector, Fossil fuels, The Guardian | 0 |

Report from climate activist groups says City is unprepared for potential collapse in value of fossil fuel assetsThe UK could suffer 500,000 job losses and be forced to spend £674bn of taxpayer cash to rescue its banks,...

Banks among biggest beneficiaries of Kwarteng’s mini-budget

by The Guardian | Sep 23, 2022 | Banking, Banking reform, Banks and building societies, Business, Economic policy, Executive pay and bonuses, Financial sector, Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss, Mini-budget 2022, Money, Politics, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

From scrapping the cap on bonuses to slashing red tape, the chancellor unveils a raft of policies he says will boost economic growthBanks will be among the biggest beneficiaries of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini budget after he...

Credit Suisse leak raises painful questions for the bank

by The Guardian | Feb 20, 2022 | António Horta-Osório, Banking, Banking reform, Credit Suisse, Switzerland, The Guardian | 0 |

Analysis: Bosses will have to prove their aversion to dubious wealthy clients if they are to regain trust of markets and regulatorsRevealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politiciansWhat is the...

Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians

by The Guardian | Feb 20, 2022 | António Horta-Osório, Banking, Banking reform, Credit Suisse, Egypt, Hong Kong, Hosni Mubarak, Imelda Marcos, Philippines, Switzerland, The Guardian, Ukraine, Vatican, Venezuela | 0 |

Massive leak reveals secret owners of £80bn held in Swiss bankWhistleblower leaked bank’s data to expose ‘immoral’ secrecy lawsClients included human trafficker and billionaire who ordered...

What is the Suisse secrets leak and why are we publishing it?

by The Guardian | Feb 20, 2022 | Banking, Banking reform, Credit Suisse, Investigative journalism, Media, Press freedom, Switzerland, The Guardian | 0 |

Banking secrecy is an issue of global public interest that can have a profound impact on the world’s poorestRevealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politiciansCredit Suisse leak raises...

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