FINANCE & BANKING

European, American, Japanese and Chinese bets boost returns.

Professional services firm Rothstein Kass says women produced 9.8% returns for clients.

Long-term benefits to British economy via banking reforms are important according to Ed Miliband.

"At a time when families face a cost-of-living crisis and bank lending to business is falling, it cannot be right for George Osborne to approve a doubling of the bank bonus cap"

US banking giant JPMorgan takes 17% hit to net profit in 2013 to settle scandals

US companies can now pay their staff wages in bitcoins instead of dollars.

Price comparison website reveals a surge in consumers looking to change energy providers

Credit ratings agency raised the Co-op Group's rating from B to B+ with a stable outlook

Investors want a target for annual returns as long as it's higher than Blankfein's bonus

Investors exit hedge funds at fastest rate in four years

US charges Britain's Paul Robson, Australia's Paul Thompson and Japan's Tetsuya Motomura

30 US firms including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and GE report earnings this week.

TSB bank offers to pay 1% stamp duty for its mortgage customers on homes worth between £125,001 and £250,000.

French oil and gas company Total will announce its investment in the lucrative unconventional energy sector

Recruiters say banks are concentrating on growth after years of restructuring

Legalisation of soft drug catches out retailers with surging demand.

An average of £200 will be paid to customers of CPP who were sold useless insurance

Dow Jones lawsuit seeks at least $5m in damages.

The FCA reveals the latest progress report on banks reviewing interest rate swap agreement sales.

Researcher discovers security vulnerabilities in 40 iOS banking apps from world's top banks.

Richard Desmond suing Man Group subsidiary GLG Partners for about £20m.

Bank agrees payment to US authorities to settle allegations over fraudster Bernard Madoff.

Royal Bank of Scotland Citizens Financial Group offloads local Chicago branches to US Bancorp.

Co-op is under scrutiny for its capital black hole and the Paul Flower sex and drugs scandal

Media reports say it will be the fourth out of the 'Big Six' to cut prices

RBS argued that Cottle did not deserve the last portion of his bonus.

RBS and Natwest credit card customers were hit by another round of problems

Barclays reduces its overdraft charges on current accounts