regulation
European plans to regulate credit card transaction fees could hit poorest
The European Commission’s plans to regulate so-called 'multilateral interchange fees' could have major implications for the government’s ability to successfully implement welfare reform and will negatively impact on financial inclusion efforts in the UK.
Watch: Charlotte Harris rebuts the anti-regulation “scaremongering”
Watch Charlotte Harris rebut the anti-regulation "scaremongering" of the likes of Neil Wallis and Boris Johnson.
Bankers should realise their risk to us – not the other way around
Only Labour continues to speak up for the taxpayer in banking, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
Gordon Brown: Banking reform key to resolving eurozone crisis
Will Straw reports on former prime minister Gordon Brown’s comments at the Global Progress Conference in Madrid.
The ‘Big Five’ banks’ private welfare state
The latest ‘too big to fail’ figures help illustrate just how desperately the Independent Banking Commission needs to show resolve in dealing with the banks.
Balls: Global power of reporting can be “bigger than the truth”
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls, speaking at the Journalists' Charity annual lunch today, said: "The global power of reporting these days can sometimes be bigger than the truth."