Many clients of the banks are still not ready for the ’big bang’ of central clearing

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Vision of buyside clearing fails to become reality

Ministers will hold detailed consultations with the banks on how to ringfence retail operations

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Government to accept Vickers ‘in full’

US credit union regulator is to receive $165m but is pursuing other banks to try to recoup in $30bn in losses from five failed lenders

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D Bank and Citi settle mortgage bond claims

US credit union regulator is to receive $165m but is pursuing other banks to try to recoup in $30bn in losses from five failed lenders

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D Bank and Citi settle mortgage bond claims

Austerity measures being introduced in Italy and Spain will favour banks and penalise investors in long-term savings instruments and their asset managers

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Austerity measures bad news for funds

Market participants have been waiting to see whether banks would choose to shift commitments or hold paper in the hope of an improvement in sentiment

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US banks face losses on loan commitments

Pivate equity firm Cinven is preparing to offload insurer Partnership for £750m after contacting four banks about a possible sale, according to reports.

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Partnership set for £750m sale

Some reformers had pushed for more extreme action, such as fully breaking up the banks. But the ICB insists its proposals are the best outcome

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Commission takes care to protect taxpayer

Curtis Banks director Rupert Curtis ploughed £150,000 of his own pension into the firm to shore up its capital position last year as total losses reached £350,000.

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Curtis used his pension cash to back firm

The former HSBC chairman broke his silence to urge the banks to honour their pledge to increase lending to small and medium-sized businesses

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Banks ‘behind the curve’ on SME?lending