Over 1 million people are planning on turning to a payday lender to help cope with the costs of Christmas, according to a new survey. The...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has declared that it is “time for payback” for payday lenders, saying that the loan companies will be hit by higher taxes...
The Co-operative Bank is set to trigger a cross-default mechanism to prevent itself from failing, while also raising capital as a means of rescuing itself. The...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are “material” in the $47 trillion sovereign debt market, according to a new study by the Principles for Responsible Investment...
A week on Sunday, the world marks five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the spark for the worst global downturn since the Great Depression....
One thing is almost guaranteed upon graduation from university, and that’s that students will leave with an often hefty debt to pay off. Though the bank...
Citizens Advice has urged payday loan customers to make a complaint if they feel they have been treated unfairly. Starting on August 5, the charity will...
China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 7.5% in the second quarter of 2013, according to economic data released on Monday. The trend is a...
Isabelle de Grave asks whether funds and investors should be alert to the risk natural resource scarcity poses to sovereign bonds. The environment is not often...
Payday lenders heap pressure on borrowers, fail to undertake sufficient background checks and even lend money to people who are drunk or have mental health issues,...
The majority of fossil fuels are “unburnable” if governments want to stay within their carbon emission limits, according to a comprehensive report by leading economists. Unburnable...
The Green Investment Bank’s (GIB) ability to borrow is set to be put back, after George Osborne confirmed that austerity measures will continue for at least...
The chancellor George Obsorne delivered his fifth set piece financial statement that we’ve covered. He opened with the bold statement that the economy is healing. While...
Most people are well aware of the crisis that continues to engulf the banking and financial systems, but how many know about what caused it? To...