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Halifax is being ditched after over 170 years on the UK’s high street.

The UK’s crypto sector is launching an effort to convince British banks to lift bans on transfers to crypto exchanges. Crypto exchanges are heading for a “firm and proportionate” regulatory framework with rules that come into force next year – banks are not fans of their decentralised rivals.

In recent years, several dozen banks in Ukraine have collapsed. According to social surveys, more than 70% of Ukrainians do not trust banks.

The Ukrinbank case illustrates how relatively straightforward legal maneuvers can be used to sidestep a National Bank liquidation decision while simultaneously depriving the Deposit Guarantee Fund of billions of hryvnias.

Société Générale de Banque au Liban is one of several banks facing civil suits for allegedly preventing customers from retrieving funds after the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system.

Once Russia became deeply entrenched in Ukraine, international sanctions were imposed on it extensively.

Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator proceeds with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.

Fraudsters stole more than £629 million from UK consumers in the first six months of 2025, a 3% increase on last year, according to new figures from UK Finance.

Banks will be granted powers to snoop on pensioners’ accounts and share data with the government as part of a huge fraud crackdown.

Millions of consumers could be eligible for £700 payouts after the City watchdog outlined compensation plans for the car finance scandal.

A new report warns that increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes, powered by artificial intelligence, are set to overwhelm financial institutions unless prevention systems keep pace.

The Caracas regime tried to establish a version according to which the delay in announcing the results of the June 28 elections, and their subsequent announcement without public minutes...

The U.K. delayed its implementation of global banking rules by one year due to uncertainty over what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will do.

Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in Austria, then froze account

Thousands of secret suspicious activity reports offer a never-before-seen picture of corruption and complicity — and how the government lets it flourish.

The Bank of England finally cut its base rate from 5.25% to 5% - the first time there has been a reduction since March 2020 and this is good news for those with a variable mortgage

He would have to drive for almost two hours to get to the branch

From Athens to Berlin, governments are coalescing around an idea to turbocharge the economy. If successful, it could be transformative ― but it’s a big if.

Barclays (BARC.L),NatWest and Lloyds are among seven banks to share customer data with the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the largest project of its kind worldwide to tackle criminal gangs, money laundering and "dirty money" flowing through the country.

He was unhappy with the bank’s response to his complaint

Branches across three of the bank’s brands will be closing

Finma watchdog says bank failed to carry out adequate checks of two high-risk business relationships