The regulator's conclusions could be announced within the next two weeks.

Aggressive accounting is as old as balance sheets, so why are we always surprised when inaccurate or bad-faith accounting causes companies to falter or even fail? Why is the dark side of accounting so hard to illuminate?

After a good result in its core areas, Barclays is setting its sights firmly on a better future for its investment bank in Europe.

New chief executive John Flint has bought himself some breathing room to deliver the bank’s return-to-growth mode

The culture is changed and numbers are solid, but return on equity isn’t going to budge without progress on costs.

UK corporate broking is the business that won’t die. There is no requirement for it outside the smallest listed firms, and corporates the world over manage without it. Yet UK companies almost always want the reassurance it provides. Is it finally under threat?

European capital markets bankers’ fortunes in 2019 will turn on how quickly the withdrawal of the central bank bid can be offset by the return of a real market.

Judge throws out claim in English court; lender on track for first full-year profit since nationalization.

Financial Conduct Authority lady sings the blues as RBS's GRG reality revealed.

The damage done to mid-cap equities coverage by unbundling research is ever harder to ignore. It will not be easy to lower this self-imposed barrier to improved capital-markets access for fast-growing businesses in Europe.

The utility’s sustainability performance will partly determine the cost of servicing its new bank credit line, with any savings going to charity.

Mettle starts digital-bank spawn from leading UK lenders; new IT system to enable more user-friendly design.

It is one thing to develop alternative benchmarks to Libor, but, even as the clock is ticking, it is quite another to get issuers to use them.

Roll-up acquisitions help to floor high-yield fundraising.

Marex Spectron is making a low-key return to the FX market, just over four years after it terminated its foreign-exchange business.

When the financial crisis hit and retail banks – desperate to cut costs – closed less profitable branches, they did so chiefly in rural towns, or low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities.

The UK financial establishment says it can cope if the UK crashes out of the EU, but behind the scenes panic seems close.

Investors throw money at cash-burning issuers as concern over leveraged finance grows.

As financial fraud in the UK evolves, so too does the financial industry, stepping up its efforts to tackle the issue with new technologies, such as biometrics and artificial intelligence.

Funding Circle demonstrates the pitfalls of IPO-ing a marketplace lender.

The UK's financial market regulator finds firms still struggling with suspicious transaction reports, but it could be bolder in its criticism.

Two London IPOs have struggled this week: the reasons are nothing new

As Mifid II beds down, its impact on the global fixed income research industry is already being felt. There are clear signs that investors are less reliant on research and are using fewer providers than before. As they start to cut costs to implement their own research budgets, providers must ensure that they are getting good value for money.

The frequency and severity of UK banks’ IT failures are troubling their customers even if their regulators remain calm.

Clydesdale CEO downplays IT risks from further mergers and targets RBS SME scheme for 2019.

FX data providers are surprisingly coy when it comes to discussing the extent to which they have shaken up a market that has been described as ripe for disruption.

Without a robust mechanism for handling chargebacks, merchants will continue to face sizeable losses from both misguided and malicious fraudulent claims.

Regulatory pressures are beginning to force firms to innovate as tech developments make it ever easier for companies to keep digital records of various transactions – and providers are taking advantage.

Industry experts observe that while the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) represents an opportunity for corporate treasury to take advantage of real-time payment processing, it will take some time for the full benefits to be realised.

A fintech headed by veterans of algorithmic trading in equities aims to transform unregulated gold trading as a pure agency broker.