FINANCE & BANKING

The British Gas owner's operating profit fell to £1bn from £1.5bn a year earlier.

Lloyds Banking Group reported a 32% increase in underlying first-half profit

BoE deputy governor Ben Broadbent says any rate rises won't be dramatic

Wikimedia Foundation partners with Coinbase to accept bitcoin payments on its website.

HSBC has alerted Finsbury Park Mosque and various other Muslim led organisations of account closures.

ITV posts pre-tax profits of 40%.

The last time that bitcoin rates rose from previous close was on 18 July, when it closed at $628.22.

Oxfam has cut its own costs and seen a reduction in humanitarian aid spending for 2013-2014.

Finance director Tushar Morzaria said the group was on target for the mass of job cuts.

Shares soar despite the payment protection insurance compensation hit.

HSBC has closed accounts for a number of other Muslim organisations and individuals in the UK.

The Bank of England is imposing tougher laws on bankers behaving badly.

The SNP would would set up a commission to consider a new 'Scottish Minimum Wage'

Market expected to top £1bn this year as bank lending remains flat.

Finance Director Tushar Morzaria and former finance chief Chris Lucas also sued in class action suit.

British interdealer brokerage's first half revenue fell 15%.

ResPublica believes workers at financial firms should take a moral oath after a spate of scandals.

The German lender reported second quarter results.

But Adzuna.co.uk warns that there is no room for complacency with the economy.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said Lloyds paid it £7.76m in compensation

Young now biggest swindlers as fraud in first-half of 2014 cost victims £317m.

Research from the New York Post shows the high figures.

Prosecutors in Siena, Italy already seized €1.8bn from Nomura in 2013 in relation to Banca Monte Paschi di Siena

Customers have five weeks left to claim compensation for mis-sold Card Protection Plan Limited (CPP) insurance

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hit the British bank with a major lawsuit in June

But RBS chief executive Ross McEwan sounds warning siren on troubles ahead

Former BES chief has appeared in a Lisbon court, sparking fears over bank's health.

A proposed ban would stop Russian banks from raising money on European markets.

Resolution Foundation says even a 'relatively benign' rate rise will be in 'debt peril'