(Alliance News) - A committee of MPs is pressing Britain's biggest banks to explain why some of their savings rates are still significantly lower than the Bank of England base rate. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 climbed past the 8,000 point mark for the first time on Wednesday, as confident afternoon trade in London defied a slow start from equities in New York. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were trading sideways at midday on Wednesday as investors mulled the future of interest rates in the UK, following fresh data that revealed inflation cooled in January. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened largely lower on Wednesday as inflation in the UK slowed by slightly more than forecast in January, though remained in double digits. Read More
(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC on Wednesday reported a fall in annual profit as a result of credit impairments, citing the "deteriorating macroeconomic forecast". Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened slightly higher on Wednesday in the wake of fresh data that revealed inflation in the UK was cooling. Read More
(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC is being probed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority over potential persistent failings in its compliance and anti-money laundering systems, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC has pledged to reduce lending to oil and gas firms amid new climate change initiatives due to be unveiled next week. Read More
(Alliance News) - A group of investors with combined assets of more than USD1.5 trillion, or GBP1.23 trillion, have written to five of Europe's biggest banks, including Barclays PLC, urging them to stop lending to fossil fuel firms. Read More
(Alliance News) - First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC might have to act quick on its reported plans to acquire Standard Chartered PLC in order to take advantage of the depreciation of the pound before a revival, research from Interactive Investor speculated on Thursday. Read More
