Meanwhile, a report uncovered 27,000 customers' data had been stolen and sold on the black market.

RBS has paid billions out in mis-selling scandals and market manipulation fines

Barclays Bank launches urgent investigation after thousands of confidential customer files are stolen and sold.

IBTimes business editor Lianna Brinded looks at the week in business.

Icap third quarter revenue sank by 6% due to challenging market conditions

The alleged plan is in stark contrast to Barclays' boss Antony Jenkins who's forgoing a £2.7m bonus

Jenkins forgoes bonus as Barclays still wrapped up in scandals such as mis-selling and Libor fixing.

FCA issues Warning Notice for the first time since it was given the power to do

Ex-Barclays investment chief returns just six months after claiming he was 'retiring'.

The Serious Fraud Office needs more cash to help pay for complex probes

The reputational risks surrounding Deutsche Bank have grown and it still has some way to go to win back public trust and prove it can overhaul its corporate culture, the bank's two chief executives said on Wednesday (January 29).

Barclays boss Antony Jenkins reportedly considering value of renewing expensive Premier League sponsorship.

Deutsche Bank's internal review clears one of its bosses of involvement in rate rigging.

Regulators must box in 'animal spirits' of finance sector or same mistakes will be repeated in long-term.

German shares opened lower on Monday (January 20), tracking losses on Wall Street and in Asia, with banking shares coming under scrutiny after Deutsche Bank posted a surprise pre-tax loss of €1.15 billion (£950 million).

Germany's top banking regulator promotes Deutsche Bank probe to a special investigation

Deutsche Bank posts surprise pre-tax loss of €1.15bn for fourth quarter.

Recruitment group Morgan McKinley says firms are grappling with regulatory costs and fines

UK Treasury allowed funding "in the low millions" of pounds for SFO's criminal probe of Rolls-Royce.

Liverpool face Aston Villa for Premier League fixture at Anfield; follow game live in UK.

RBS is 81% owned by the taxpayer but privatisation plans will be scuppered with persistent fiddling

SFO suspects several former Barclays traders of involvement in Libor manipulation

"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"

Companies are planning to bid for index businesses of Barclays and Northwestern Mutual Life.

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

Aston Villa host Arsenal at the Villa park on Monday.

Fine on top of £390m civil settlement with US and UK authorities.

IBTimes UK looks at the worst players in the Premier League this season

Barclays reduces its overdraft charges on current accounts